Pocket Park 2015: Recent activity

It's great that you researched the vegetation and plants that are well-suited for your city's climate. Great rendering!

This park is too nice! Not too much to be said, because it is real nice.

This is a really cool disign. I really like how you used your space, it does seem a little busy but it fits. The Playground is a really diffrent design and its great! the distinct areas for everything makes this really people friendly for people of all ages. All the work and consideration for the surrounding shows and i thinks its a fantastic park.

The rocket in the middle of the playground adds to he uniqueness of the park, also to the creative aspects contributed by the children. Asking them was a great idea because the playground is being created on the children's behalf. Creating the rocket into a slide also provides a creative outlet.

The rocket in the middle of the playground adds to he uniqueness of the park, also to the creative aspects contributed by the children. Asking them was a great idea because the playground is being created on the children's behalf. Creating the rocket into a slide also provides a creative outlet.

Good work, interesting concept along with the previews!

While your model looks very well done and interesting, I feel that the overall design is a bit much for a pocket park. The play area especially seems to be more formal than you would expect for children to be running around on. Don't get me wrong, the playground looks amazing, but I do not see that it would capture the interest of young children. It looks more like an art piece to me

I understand that you are trying to correct certain flaws in a park - which IS a revitalization so you know - but I agree with Lvsa1841. I feel that the guidelines set by the CAF were meant to develop a park that could improve a community that lacked the option of a place of recreation. Just merely picking a park that you know well and feel has some issues doesn't necessarily mean that it had anything wrong with it in the first place. The design is really unique and interesting however I see you are very familiar with this park and although has a few hiccups here and there, really has no problem. Its the kind of park you would find anywhere and I don't know if it can even be considered it a "pocket park". The mere definition of a pocket park states that pocket parks "are frequently created on a single vacant building lot or on small, irregular pieces of land." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket_park) In an interesting article posted by Alison Blake for the Washington Department of Education she stated, "One of the unique and exciting characteristics of pocket parks is that they may be created out of vacant lots or otherwise forgotten spaces." (http://depts.washington.edu/open2100/pdf/2_OpenSpaceTypes/Open_Space_Typ...)
Merely passive aggressively brushing Lvsa1841's criticism aside as a lazy, shallow analysis of your design is rather rude. Many people have commented a number of compliments on your design and I, like many, feel your design is very well thought out and designed. I feel any constructive criticism should be received in the like manner. Your design is top notch and very well thought out and I appreciated the amount of detail and time you put into it.

This is a great design! I feel like this could be useful for everyone from kids to business people to senior citizens! it is a very flexible design! Great job!

Thank you eayala! To counter the Southern California heat, I took it upon myself to provide an ample amount of shade to protect both young and old from too much exposure of the sun. The previously existing park lacked heavily in shade, and to complement this new form of protection I felt was a major priority.