[Summit] Lippitt Park

[Timothy Shea]

It is worth noting that the streets and parks that have been re-opened were
chosen by the city according to an area’s density and yard space. From that
equitable distribution mindset, I suppose I understand why Lippitt is
remaining closed.

Here’s a graphic of the location considerations for the new “slow streets”
published by the Dept of Planning and Development.



On Sat, May 2, 2020 at 2:40 PM Sumati Eberstadt <sumieber at earthlink.net>
wrote:

> That all makes sense. Oh well. At least Blackstone is open again!
>
> On May 2, 2020, at 9:29 AM, Delgado, Mona Moller <mona_delgado at brown.edu>
> wrote:
>
> It would be much more pleasant in the park.  However it would be very
> difficult to create a one way stream of people.  I believe they need one
> entrance and one exit to be able to open - much like the grocery stores.
> This would be very hard in an open park.
>
> We just need to be patient and we have a lot of things to look forward to!
>
> Mona
>
> On Sat, May 2, 2020 at 7:49 AM Sumati Eberstadt <sumieber at earthlink.net>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> I just read the list of park openings
>>
>> https://www.providenceri.gov/pema/providence-slow-streets/
>>
>> And wonder why Lippitt Park is not included. The outdoor Farmer’s Market
>> is apparently taking place in the courtyard of Hope Artiste Village, but
>> wouldn’t it be easier to spread out and maintain social distancing if it
>> were in Lippitt Park as usual? (Also way more pleasant…)
>>
>> Any thoughts on this?
>>
>> Sumati
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