Perhaps some of the parks are just as a marker: In commemoration of a tree or public art. Others serve as buffers between busy roads and the community; like this one we visited at the Columbia City Light Rail Station.
This park also serves the purpose of bike storage area and a waiting area and is adorned with Lion Sculptures.
It is not until you actually find a reason to hang out in the park that you are truly thankful for it. Yesterday the boys and I ended up at the Light Rail Station to meet up with grandma. We had about a twenty minute wait in cool weather and this park was a perfect place to run around and play as well as appreciate the lions. Here we were only 15 feet off a busy road, but had a safe place. We ran circles around the lions. The boys stared up at them in awe. We played I spy (a ball). We took out the magical bubbles from momma's pockets and blew them all around. The boys tried to catch them and we enjoyed watching them decorate the air. We even had the opportunity to sing, "The train is a coming oh yeah!"
We are thankful that at some point this public park, or commons, was created. Hopefully, even in the glummest of economies our city will plan for the future and not sell off our public lands and schools, but keep them protected for future days.
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