Residents and visitors alike will soon be able to experience Greenville’s scenic views from the top of the Thomas and Vivian A. Wong Honor Tower.
The new observation tower rises 10 stories above Unity Park, offering a sweeping panorama of the city’s downtown skyline and the rolling hills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Along with its 360-degree views, it provides a place to pay tribute to active-duty and veteran military personnel, police officers, firefighters and other first responders.
A grand opening will be held for Veterans Day on Nov. 11. The long-awaited tower represents the final planned element for Unity Park.
Concept and design
An observation tower can be found in the earliest conceptual rendering of what would become Unity Park. The rendering was created by the late Tom Keith, a landscape architect with Greenville’s Arbor Engineering and the lead designer of Falls Park…