Northside has plenty of 'wild' parks hemming its gown in nearly every direction, but located as its heart is an urban park, Jacob Hoffner Park.
And park is almost a misnomer. Its small size, manicured lawn with few trees, and central location to the Northside business district evoke a pint-sized Boston Commons much more so than a similarly shrunken Golden Gate or Central Park.
This commons theme is taken up regularly by the successful Northside Farmers Market on Wednesday evenings and the popular annual Rock & Roll Carnival. Outside of those special occasions, the park is regularly but sparsely occupied by all types of people from rich to poor.
The lawn is large enough for some modest frisbee or catch, and children (and bored hipsters) commonly occupy the small playground.
The biggest change that I would like to see is to have it be even more full of people, all the time. Unfortunately this won't happen until its' dead bordering streets (basically all of them except Hamilton), are filled with places to live and work that produce a consistent pedestrian presence.
So I guess what i'm saying is that if you're a business owner, why don't you come and set up shop next to Jacob Hoffner Park?
heretoforth known as, the Northside Commons. read more