What's it like for a mom living on Lombardi to get to Morningside Park with her kids? Is it hard? Easy? Close-by? Far-away? One she gets there is there anything to do?
She would have to walk three-quarters of a mile, basically uphill, traversing a change of elevation of 80 feet in less than a mile. She would encounter broken sidewalks, trash on the streets, stray dogs, and have to walk on a busy highway with no sidewalks for part of her journey. Once she got there she would find a 23 acre park with two playgrounds, a walking/bike trail, picnic pavilions and a frisbee golf course. Depending on the ages of her children and on her racial demographics she may or may not find these aspects appealing.
On my own community survey I found that most residents of Greenhill Apartments and Riverview Terrace didn't even know Morningside Park existed, and when I told them what was there they weren't interested. Almost everyone I interviewed were very responsive to the idea of a new park located down the hill on the former General Shale site. And most had the same comments as far as programming, build it for children. "Give the children a safe place to play and get them out of our streets."
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