The grounds where a public horse racing track operated 102 years in the old quarter will become a public park commemorating a monarch.
Three years after the Nang Loeng Race Course was among several parcels of Dusit district land reclaimed by the palace, it finally revealed plans for the site in a recent video showing the design of a new park slated for completion by 2024.
As expected of any park honoring a royal, its new name is a mouthful: Phrabat Somdej Phra Boromchanakathibet Maha Bhumibol Adulyadej Maharaj Boromnatthapit Park. Good luck with that!
The 279 rai (45 hectare) park is said to honor the late King Bhumibol, who died in 2016. It will feature a monument to the late king, and a lake shaped like a Thai numeral 9 – him having been ninth in the Chakri dynasty – with two bridges overlooking it.
If that’s not…
