From previous columns about living next door to Central Park, I have become known as "that guy who writes about the neighbourhood" to the seniors who watch immigrants from Africa play flag football in daishikis and see Slurpees sipped by shawl-covered sisters from Iran and Iraq. I wrote that Central Park is one of the liveliest places in Winnipeg on warm, summer evenings and weekend afternoons. Packed with people of all pigmentation, the area "works" and is a beehive of friendly faces sitting on benches and playing in the pool and playground that remains little known to most Winnipegers who flee for the suburbs after spending their eight hours working downtown. More important, there are plenty of faces in the park who need a lift and until the "off hours" social problems that plague Ce...
The kids are seeing way too much," says Maizie Taylor, who runs a nearby day care and often takes the kids to the park for a swim. "Things that they learn about society, the derelicts that hang around. "It's an investment that can help build a community," says Dianne Himbeault, the city's acting manager of Planning and Land Use. "Especially in a downtown neighbourhood like this, where you do have a lot of high-rise and dense development, outdoor space is even more important. And for that space to be something that they actually can appreciate and care about... brings that community together." "We are too many people here who have lost family," [Miguel] says. "We feel a little longing, not because we are vagabonds or troublemakers."
It's great, isn't it?" asked Rev. Bill Millar of Knox United Church, which faces the park on Edmonton Street. "There's an incredibly vibrant community here little-known to the rest of Winnipeg. I couldn't be happier about the combination of money and the commitment to consulting with the community. "That fountain has been symbolic of the decay of this city," said Daniel McIntyre Coun. Harvey Smith, whose ward includes Central Park. "It's great all three levels of government are refurbishing it." [Gerry Gray] could not be reached for comment. Neither could Winnipeg Foundation CEO Rick Frost, CentreVenture CEO Ross McGowan or Fort Garry Hotel co-owner Ida Albo, who helped develop the Central Park plan.
TWENTY YEARS AGO Staff at Central Park Lodge nursing home are holding an informational picket line today protesting staff cuts there, saying the cuts are hurting the resident seniors.
The gangs practically own Central Park," Margaret von Lau said. "Children from war-affected countries, they are very vulnerable," von Lau said. "They are attracted to the gangs.
Yet Winnipeg's Central Park has become one of the most vibrant and popular meeting places and playgrounds in the city. It's also one of the safest places to be downtown, especially on hot, humid summer nights when the lack of air conditioned apartments causes good people -- moms and dads and their children -- to escape in numbers so great the criminal element wouldn't dare challenge them. Not that long ago, New York City's Central Park was known more for muggings than its zoo. But now all you hear about are the joggers, rollerbladers and concerts in Sheeps Meadow. Winnipeg's Central Park is the same, except we don't hear about it. All of this comes with a warning. New Yorkers know not to venture into Central Park after dark and it's the same situation in Winnipeg. Come 9 o'clock, all th...
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