The redesign looks greener, that's for sure. It's a tricky space and they "listened" to the people who came to the meetings alot of
who had young children. The displacement of the age 10+ users of the park is not realistic and was not designed by anyone who
spends evening hours there with full on use of the whole park athletically. Where will the older kids and adults play? We will have
tennis, baseball, some basketball (not full court), no soccer, displaced skaterboarders, no cricket and less handball which has to
also accomodate volleyball. Can't see this happening.
The seating is great though. The green hill lawn looks pretty but seems utterly impossible to maintain given our current parks gardening staffing. One neighbor said aren't lawns so dated now? It won't be done for 4-5 years and will be supposedly
done in parts to keep the park open. The Farmers Market will be squeezed and the turnaround for the new Garden School
PreK with 240 teeny children was weirdly gone. Dangerous for dropoffs for the market and school children. Stage area is small
and room for birthday parties will be difficult.
I wish they had held the 3rd visioning session so we could've discussed the plan before it jumped to a final version as there
are some great parts but some definite issues.
