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it seems that there is a lot of local politics involved in making an area a pocket park, regarding e.g. funding ( http://www.pocketparks.com/establish/funding.asp) at least in the UK, wouldn't it not hurt to have some of that documented here? 89.150.142.174 04:05, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
"often of primarily environmental, rather than recreational, importance". Often enough to be worth saying? Maybe it depends on what is meant by recreational. They are generally too small for athletic activity, but "environmental" suggests passive viewing and wildlife. New York's Paley Park, which I would have considered the classic pocket park (it is on the land that was formerly the Stork Club) is mainly a place people sit outdoors and have snacks or lunch; ditto Seattle's Waterfall Garden Park (no article, but commons:Image:Seattle_Waterfall_Garden_03.jpg here's a picture. - Jmabel | Talk 00:10, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
I suspect 'pocket park' is a US phrase, though obviously similar small urban recreational areas exist elsewhere under different names. The article doesn't make this clear at present - it's the good old WP 'all the world's America' bias yet again. -- Ef80 ( talk) 20:01, 14 December 2015 (UTC)
Sebastian cuevas added a subsection about parks in Chile that seemed to be based on translating the term plaza de bolsillo as "pocket park". Google translate translates it as "pocket square". It seems to translate Plaza as Square, not park.
So, it seems to me that it could just as easily be translated as "parkette", rather than pocket park. Geo Swan ( talk) 05:09, 20 June 2017 (UTC)
Philadelphia has hundreds of pocket parks, some on public land, some on private land created and maintained by the owner, and others are squatters. Most of them are not documented on Wikipedia, but Philadelphia Parks & Recreation has over 150 parks listed in their article, some small, some huge.
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Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT ( talk) 06:48, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
it seems that there is a lot of local politics involved in making an area a pocket park, regarding e.g. funding ( http://www.pocketparks.com/establish/funding.asp) at least in the UK, wouldn't it not hurt to have some of that documented here? 89.150.142.174 04:05, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
"often of primarily environmental, rather than recreational, importance". Often enough to be worth saying? Maybe it depends on what is meant by recreational. They are generally too small for athletic activity, but "environmental" suggests passive viewing and wildlife. New York's Paley Park, which I would have considered the classic pocket park (it is on the land that was formerly the Stork Club) is mainly a place people sit outdoors and have snacks or lunch; ditto Seattle's Waterfall Garden Park (no article, but commons:Image:Seattle_Waterfall_Garden_03.jpg here's a picture. - Jmabel | Talk 00:10, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
I suspect 'pocket park' is a US phrase, though obviously similar small urban recreational areas exist elsewhere under different names. The article doesn't make this clear at present - it's the good old WP 'all the world's America' bias yet again. -- Ef80 ( talk) 20:01, 14 December 2015 (UTC)
Sebastian cuevas added a subsection about parks in Chile that seemed to be based on translating the term plaza de bolsillo as "pocket park". Google translate translates it as "pocket square". It seems to translate Plaza as Square, not park.
So, it seems to me that it could just as easily be translated as "parkette", rather than pocket park. Geo Swan ( talk) 05:09, 20 June 2017 (UTC)
Philadelphia has hundreds of pocket parks, some on public land, some on private land created and maintained by the owner, and others are squatters. Most of them are not documented on Wikipedia, but Philadelphia Parks & Recreation has over 150 parks listed in their article, some small, some huge.