Comments on: Have Your Say on the New Design for Civic Center Park

By: Spokker

Spokker — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:54:17 +0000

“fund the building of a park without adequately addressing the horrible and worsening homelessness problem. hmmmm…”

Ship ‘em to Ontario!

(It was a joke, by the way.)

By: Umberto Brayj

Umberto Brayj — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:53:22 +0000

Oh whatever Peter.

Do you go to environmentalist web-sites and complain about animal rights?

Regarding this design (thank god Eric from blogdowntown photographed the whole mock-up):

As a “civic space” it fails. It is a poor fit for large public performances taking place at the footsteps to (what used to be) the entrance to City Hall. The park is chunked up into pieces that make it … well it isn’t a contiguous park at all really. It is also a crappy spot design due to a lack of amenities (like bathrooms and places to sit).

As a “park” it fails as well, with the exception of the lawn behind City Hall between Spring St. and Broadway. Who would be able to walk through this park to get to City Hall or the courts instead of walking up 1st St. or Temple? Few people would, as the path would be visually baffled by planter arrangements, a large fountain, and crazy steps (made for tripping people up it looks like).

As for homelessness … sigh.

By: Erik

Erik — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:41:22 +0000

Yes, but where am I going to store my 2-ton personal property and will there be any ugly chain-link fence in the landscape architecture of this park?

Calling Frank Gehry!

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:47:57 +0000

fund the building of a park without adequately addressing the horrible and worsening homelessness problem. hmmmm... do livable streets people get to care about people living on the streets and in parks, or do we get to just worry about bike lanes and crosswalks?