Pocket Parks

Pocket Parks

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Apr 29th, 2:43pm By queenseyes

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One of my favorite things to see as I bike around the city is the addition of neighborhood pocket parks that continue to spring up. Here are a couple of my favorites. The one on top is found on Connecticut Street located next to Nancy Gabriel's art studio. As a matter of fact, there is a really beautiful sculpture garden incorporated into the park, which makes it a very pleasant place to walk around. If you look closely you can see dozens of metal sculptures positioned along the stone walkway. There is also a whimsical fence found at the entrance that gives the park a sense of space that many other parks don't offer.

The second park featured is found on one of my favorite streets in Buffalo. It's tucked away on Whitney Place, an historic street lined with some of the most incredible houses to be found anywhere in the country. I'm not sure when the neighborhood built this pocket park, but it was just recently that I noticed it. There is lighting along with landscaped elements, trees, a walkway, benches... all of the things that make for a healthy, tight-knit block.

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  1. mbhxam

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    Apr 29th, 15:39

    A great little park that could use a little TLC is the park on Lancaster Avenue closer to Delaware...

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  2. cityindustry

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    Apr 29th, 17:35

    If there is a street that needs some pocket parks, it's Hertel(Colvin to Starin'ish). The community is there. The density is there. But the the landscape is a bit more urban than most and less picturesque, not unlike Boulevard St-Laurent in Montreal. There aren't a lot of places to sit and rest. I know for a fact there are some spaces here and there on the street that could benefit and might be available. I wonder how that process might work to get that going, like they did at the pocket park on Main next to TriMain. Hertel could stand to use a couple like that or the space in front of Globe, since there are no "parkways" like Elmwood.

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  3. sbrof

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    Apr 30th, 07:39

    if done properly they can be nice additions to a neighborhood. If done wrong they wont be much better than a vacant lot. I personally like then especially when you stumble across something like this out for a ride or walk.

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  4. onestarmartin

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    Apr 30th, 09:52

    there is a great little park on Irving full of color at the moment.

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  5. Metropolis

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    Apr 30th, 12:58

    I wish there was an online map of all the "pocket parks" and neat stuff in the city.

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  6. MiesvanderDoh

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    May 1st, 21:01

    The first one was a project of Brad Wales and his ARC488 class at UB

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