How to Design a Park That Brings a Community Together

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🗓️ 18 October 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Parks are meant for everyone, but they don’t always feel that way. A lack of transportation, paths that are not easily navigated, or elements that are not responsive to a community’s wants or needs can make a park unwelcoming. But park planners today are trying to change that by bringing residents, neighbors, and stakeholders into the planning process. Case in point: San Francisco’s newest park India Basin, located in Bayview-Hunters Point. The park, which opens this Saturday, relied heavily on a community input process that resulted in designs responsive to the people it serves. We’ll talk to park experts about efforts to make urban landscapes more inclusive and rooted in the history of their communities. Guests: Philip Ginsburg, general manager, San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department Jacqueline Bryant, executive director, A. Randolph Institute San Francisco, nonprofit based in Bayview-Hunters Point, advocating for underserved communities Mr. Michael Boland, former chief park officer, The Presidio Trust Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:03.8	Parks are meant for everyone, but they don't always feel that way.
1:07.9	Maybe buses don't run there, you can't find the right way to enter the trail system,
1:11.2	or maybe it just doesn't feel safe or welcoming for conscious or unconscious reasons. Nowadays, park planners are taking that human element of design much more
1:17.1	seriously. Case in point, San Francisco's newest park, India Basin, located in Bayview, Hunter's Point.
1:23.9	The project relied heavily on a community input process that resulted in a design responsive to the people it serves.
1:31.1	We'll talk to park experts about efforts to make urban landscapes more inclusive and rooted in the history of their communities.
1:38.3	That's all coming up next after this news.
1:47.0	Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal. It will surprise no one that I love a park,
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