tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post5075673869903141511..comments2023-10-02T08:28:06.724-05:00Comments on Ecology of Absence: Detroit Park Sale Plan is HastyMichael R. Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17262548806079447404noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post-22072339882451263882008-06-20T03:58:00.000-05:002008-06-20T03:58:00.000-05:00nice post on detroit check http://www.steelwedge.c...nice post on detroit check http://www.steelwedge.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post-12175449852960881322008-01-04T21:17:00.000-06:002008-01-04T21:17:00.000-06:00There was a more recent article on this a few days...There was a more recent article on this a few days ago in the NY Times. "Detroit considers sale of City's small parks"<BR/>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/29/us/29parks.html<BR/><BR/>I have to say that the city's recreation department proposal seems logical in terms of fiscal demands. By concentrating parks and recreation in neighborhoods that are more likely to utilize them makes sense to me. The city should take any funds made from land sales and reinvest in good or mediocre city parks and make them GREAT parks. I would rather have a dozen great parks than 100 crappy ones.<BR/><BR/>I comment more on this on my blog http://bicepbulletin.blogspot.comGeorge Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12635756485159970488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post-47089565920499006692007-10-27T07:40:00.000-05:002007-10-27T07:40:00.000-05:00Detroit needs to do anything and everything to spa...Detroit needs to do anything and everything to spark development in the city and keep it going. The city and the state of Michigan are in total panic mode. Whatever the city of Detroit needs to do to attract activity needs to be done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post-45325645274042208662007-10-26T16:51:00.000-05:002007-10-26T16:51:00.000-05:00I'll have to admit I'm a little suspicious of all ...I'll have to admit I'm a little suspicious of all those pocket parks that seemed to pop in the 1960's and 70's. I lived near one in DC, and quite frankly, I never saw any children playing in it--ever. It was largely an unkempt area where local alcoholics and drug addicts gathered.<BR/><BR/>If Detroit keeps these pocket parks, it MUST have a plan in place to keep these parks available for the use of law-abiding children--and their parents.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps it would be better to focus on the larger, more historic parks that are within a slightly longer walking distance.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08064334959354090683noreply@blogger.com