Let the children play.

I am probably more obsessed with public spaces and what they mean for neighborhoods then the next person, but would you not find it strange to see a park completely fenced off? Thursday nights is our soccer night in the west end of downtown. A great area with a lot of apartment buildings and quiet streets. There is a school and a playground that we've played at a few times and it is a nice field. Today we head over there and see that it is completely fenced off. At each turn we thought the fence would open up and that it was only certain entrances, but it was all of them!

Our game still went ahead as one of the entrances had been dealt with, and the temporary fence pulled back. Now I just really don't understand the whole ordeal. It's summer, downtown and you fence off a park? What is wrong with this picture? This is exactly how young people get into vandalising property, drugs or just being bored. Why make it difficult for someone to run around and have some fun. The park seems to be well frequented and by a diverse demographic as well. Sometimes I really don't get cities.