Pocket Park's 'Architectural Feature:' Yay or Nay?
Part of new park's surface is pervious hard surface instead of grass.
On days like Friday, when the temperature was expected to get close to 50 degrees, a place like Washington Street's new "pocket park" may be just the place to take one's lunch. It sure beats looking at an old, empty building.
The "Pocket Park" has four benches, a large patch of grass and ... an architectural feature. Dubbed this by County Engineer Steve Hammond, the so-named feature is a pervious hard surface, which bystander Amanda Thiem wondered, "Are they going to put Hop Scotch on this?"
Hammond said in December the pervious surface would serve a similar purpose to the grassy area. "We'll see how it holds up in the winter time," he said. "It may change in the spring, but we'll have to see."
With nearly a month to digest this new space in Morristown, we wanted to ask: What do you think of the "architectural feature" at the pocket park? Is it a blank canvas ripe for usage? Or, are you not even sure why it's there? Chime in below.
David V
10:43 am on Friday, January 6, 2012
Didn't know it was considered "finished". Looks stupid.
Matt Giordano
11:24 am on Friday, January 6, 2012
The Pocket Park is a great alternative to the old building the town was unable to maintain. I thought there would be slides, swings, etc. placed in the area being referred to as the "Architectural Feature". Maybe a picnic table would be a welcomed addition. The only recommendation would be to install it "on the level" and not on a "slope" similar to the currently installed park benches. I sure hope the town will be able to maintain the park better than they did the building that was on this location :)
Dori M.
1:10 pm on Friday, January 6, 2012
I don't get it....
nancy Block
2:31 pm on Friday, January 6, 2012
If no one uses it they will turn it into a PARKing lot.
Elle
2:33 pm on Friday, January 6, 2012
A picnic table and grass would be awesome! As it is right now, it just makes me think they were too cheap to pay for more sod.
Michael Daigle
10:36 pm on Friday, January 6, 2012
It's January..Don't plant a lot of grass in the winter.
susan brown
8:14 pm on Saturday, January 7, 2012
Got a glimpse of it driving by and thought it was going to be a volley ball pit. Looks ridiculous. Are people supposed to stretch out on it and read poetry? Was this park designed by the same folks who designed the barren wasteland next to Headquarters?
JessieLee Friedman
11:21 am on Monday, January 9, 2012
I hope they add some grass once the weather warms up. I agree with some picnic tables. Looks incomplete at the moment.
JKurn
10:39 am on Tuesday, January 24, 2012
I thought they were waiting until spring to finish laying the sod. Pervious pavement is tough in cold climates with water infiltrating and freezing, sometimes cracking the pavement. It would be nice if there were more benches though.