Kids and dogs quickly made their way into Clark Park “A” after the fences came down this morning.
The day that many of us have been waiting a long time for has arrived. Early this morning the fences came down at Clark Park “A” and it didn’t take long for people to pour in with books, coffee, kids and dogs in tow.
The moveable orange cafe-style tables and chairs will be distributed around the open space.
The official opening ceremony is today at 4 p.m.
A few things still need to be worked out, such as how best to accommodate the chess players that have dueled in the park for years. The biggest visible change, of course, is the graveled round open space where the flag pole (and a lot of mud) used to be.
Several orange cafe-style tables and chairs will be distributed around the space. They will be locked to one another to help prevent theft.
Today is a great day for the opening. The weather is nice and the Thursday farmer’s market starts at 3 p.m. So get out there and take it all in.
June 16th, 2011 at 11:58 am
I suspect the chess players will quickly make themselves comfortable at the new cafe tables and chairs!While the chairs and tables will be linked together in groups so that they don’t wander off to neighborhood porches and backyards, it will be easy for park visitors — including the chess players — to move them around the plaza area to suit their needs.
Probably going to be much more comfortable than those old battered cement benches!
June 16th, 2011 at 8:02 pm
At the ribbon-cutting today, two chess tables were already up & running. They played furiously throughout the whole opening gala, oblivious to the hubbub all around them. Chess players Frank Chance, Friends of Clark Park’s Past President, and Fernwood Jones, a past Board Member, both turned out for this long-awaited event.