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I would agree with DMIJohn that you haven't correctly identified the source of Franklin Parks failings. First of all is that fact that it is dominated by the homeless. (Although I haven't been by there since the shelter closed. Is it any different?). Secondly, unlike Farragut or McPherson, Franklin is not as surrounded by office space as the other two. Yes office buildings border it, but the neighborhood directly north and east of the park does not have as much office space, and hence fewer workers to decamp to the park at lunchtime.

None of the three parks is anything but an outdoor living room for homeless people on the weekends.

Blame the NPS for disallowing any creative uses of the parks in the mold of Bryant Park (although, even with creative uses, there just aren't as many people around any of those three parks, even during a workday, as there are around Bryant Park).

by Reid on Feb 4, 2009 4:15 pm • link • report

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