Lizard Acres at Agua Linda Park

Photos by Lis E White

In addition to the parks created out of the barren Indian Bend Wash, the City of Scottsdale has used a water retention basin, normally a neighborhood eye sore, and turned it into Agua Linda Park (Beautiful water?)  Though this park is small, only four acres, it has a sand volleyball court, basketball court, ramada, and covered playground. Lizard Acres is an amusing public art addition to the park and walkway near MacDonald and Pima Roads, with these larger-than-life welded steel reptiles greeting visitors.   Joe Tyler created these friendly creatures in 2001, as well as other metal sculptures around Scottsdale, such as the rusted metal Saguaro cacti on Shea.  Our young Scottsdale residents may remember these creatures more than the park itself.