Sister Cities Park

The Good: What's not to love? A sprawling urban green space, plenty of picnic tables, a fair amount of trees to keep it cool in the summertime. Four well maintained tennis courts. The play structure is pretty elaborate, with some Dali-inspired climbing instruments and some bigger kid monkey bars. Bucket swing, long chain radius; a big kid swing, too. Wood chips.The Bad: I've noticed a disturbing trend lately, concerning play slides: skid marks. Alongside the barrel of the slide I see these long black and brown lines which I can only assume belong to the rubber soles of kiddo shoes. It doesn't take a physicist to determine that these particular slides are way too steep, to the point that they're likely dangerous. My daughter and I usually take these slides together, her on my lap, to confirm that contention ("Iris, that looks way too dangerous... Let's go!"). Sister Cities has one of these slides. It also lacks shade, so summer play is an official bummer. No basketball/baseball/otherwise.The Verdict: Nice neighborhood, good space to play. I enjoyed Sister Cities and I'm really curious about the title of this park. If I lived nearby, the space would get meowt of the house. The city takes good care of this place, too.

This park has a very central location which is good and bad. Good because it's conveniently located. Bad because it's got a lot of traffic. You have to park on the road blocking the bike lane (I hate that) you have to get out of your car into somewhat busier residental street traffic. The playground is pretty far from the street which is kinda good from a children's safety standpoint. Bad if you want to sit in the car with the sleeping baby while the bigger kids play. (It's far enough, you would have to get out)There are a lot of people passing through this park, it's definitely​ not hidden in any way. There are also a lot of random people doing nothing... Not working out, not playing, just sitting or walking through... The size of the park is nice. It's got lots of grass and tennis courts..It would be nice for a large party... But then you have the parking issue.The playground is definitely not for toddlers. It's an older kid playground