— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |
Not that I ever go to this park or anything, but Mission Playground and Pool is set to close down for 14 months starting next week. Bummer if you play basketball and like street food, I suppose.
On the positive side, all the tennis and basketball courts are being resurfaced, there will be a new artist-designed fence (instead of the boring chain-link fence we have now), fresh turf on the soccer field, a renovated club house, and features “to make the park more inviting.” Full notice below:
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“Make the park more inviting”
Fewer broken bottles!
A 40% decrease in pathetic drunk dudes hanging out on the Valencia side!
Actually, those two are probably related.
The grassy area on 19th is still open, for all your frolicking needs.
Join us for a groundbreaking event at 5:30pm Wednesday (May 11) to get the park renovation moving. The whole place is getting reworked - Rec/Park’s even adding a water garden for kids - and City Fields (my employer) is replacing the asphalt soccer field with synthetic turf and new lights.
Here’s some more info about what’s planned for the park. Hope you can make the groundbreaking.
“Park repairs getting underway include remodeling the old and worn-down clubhouse for seismic safety and increased natural light, resurfacing the busy tennis and basketball courts, replanting a lawn, installing new children’s play equipment, improving park accessibility and safety, and replacing the old, asphalt soccer field with a state-of-the-art synthetic turf field!
Following in the footsteps of other successful Mission District park renovations, a new water garden will feature ornamental fountains spraying mist and showering water for young children’s play and delight. A local artist, Michael Bartalos, designed a new decorative park fence along Valencia with whimsical characters and scenes celebrating the colorful and unique neighborhood.”