Historic Preservation Officials Spare Rock Pathways in Park

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Sioux Falls' Board of Historic Preservation has rejected a city plan to remove some of the reddish stone pathways in Terrace Park.

The Argus Leader reports that the decision means park planners have to come up with a compromise or delay the project until the City Council can weigh in.

City officials this summer plan to upgrade the century-old park that's on the National Register of Historic Places, to make the grounds more accessible to people with disabilities. Architects have called for removing some of the quartzite rock pathways and replacing them with concrete.

The rock pathways were constructed in the 1930s, and the Terrace Park Neighborhood Association objected to their removal.