Tropical
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Is anyone able to xplain the bizarre sections of concrete everywhere with chunks of lawn breaking them up? This series of design features have always mystified me.
"Modern Futuristic Park Design". I don't mind it personally but I hope that more larger parks with big continuous fields pop up in the area. Warehouse Park should have this and a soccer pitch + basketball courts imoIs anyone able to xplain the bizarre sections of concrete everywhere with chunks of lawn breaking them up? This series of design features have always mystified me.
Site is too small for soccer pitch and baseball diamond... and not the right location for these entities.
I think it's a style thing. Macewan Station (of similar vintage, a couple years older) also has them. personally, they annoy the crap out of me. we have a downtown that's been brutally paved over, and what greenspace we have is studded with these stupid things? just have a lawn like a normal person!! grrrRRrr.Is anyone able to xplain the bizarre sections of concrete everywhere with chunks of lawn breaking them up? This series of design features have always mystified me.
Let's think creatively for a second shall we?? Obviously I'm not talking about a suburban 4-acresoccerfootball field in the middle of downtown. You could have a one-net type situation in a fairly small patch of grass or even 2 small nets and have a mini-soccerfootball set up. I'd be okay if they didn't put it in but I also think it could be a hit and something unique to this park!
^THISS, exactly what I'm talkin about! Multi-use courts are a great idea for this parkWe could get a Futsal court. It's essentially a small football court very popular in South America and Europe. It is the same size as a Basketball or Volleyball court, it's easy to maintain, can be repurposed if needed. Actually, in Brazil, most public plazas will have a multiuse court that houses Basketball, Volleyball and Futsal
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No need to overcomplicate things, sometimes. London is packed with these, and they even have multipurpose that includes tennis and badminton courts as well (not necessarily all-in-one, but paired up, between volleyball, basketball, futsal, tennis and badminton.^THISS, exactly what I'm talkin about! Multi-use courts are a great idea for this park![]()
I'd ask the city planning what they think is more important, having an "aesthetic" park, or actually giving people more reasons to visit the park and surrounding area rather than just the fact that it's a park?I doubt we'd ever see something like that as it probably won't fit the overarching "aesthetic" of the park, but something like that would be a huge draw to the park. And would be an amazing amenity for anyone living downtown with kids.
There's a basketball court at the jr high near my place, during nice weather there's almost always tons of people there playing pickup games after hours.
Also, god something like this would have been amazing in the space of that little pocket park on 104th.
This project reminded me of the wonders a little bit of water can do for aesthetic and mental health! More please! This is one of the reasons I'm excited for the Groat area of the Touch the Water concept!My brother and I out for our weekly walk a couple weeks ago and we had to stop for some R&R. I love this little pavilion and surrounding area.
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