tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439803544142853007.post9138327795863296224..comments2024-03-28T13:22:29.572-05:00Comments on Durango Texas: The Demise Of Heritage Park In Fort Worth TexasDurangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10231271044296466883noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439803544142853007.post-20767415951223353132010-06-24T15:31:28.684-05:002010-06-24T15:31:28.684-05:00My guess is the elite of fort worth want that prop...My guess is the elite of fort worth want that property and have a handshake deal to take it off the city's hands for a song. Look for it to be developed into River Front Condo's when the recession ends and financing for large scale development is easier to come by. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439803544142853007.post-68736635476797489252010-05-09T14:18:56.691-05:002010-05-09T14:18:56.691-05:00Twister, I think the main concern was a few homele...Twister, I think the main concern was a few homeless people took shelter in Heritage Park and used the water features as a bathing solution. Opening adequate homeless shelters, like modern cities do, apparently is not an option, even though Fort Worth sent a task force to Seattle and other west coast towns to see how to solve the homeless shelter problem.<br /><br />The other excuse, a totally bogus excuse, for turning off the water features, was due to supposed liability after the deadly accident in the Water Gardens. However, there was no water feature in Heritage Park that posed the sort of obvious danger that that death trap posed in the Water Gardens.<br /><br />You look at my Eyes on Texas website to see what's cool about Heritage Park.<br /><br />http://www.durangotexas.com/eyesontexas/fortworth/heritagepark.htm<br /><br />You can still check it out. Just go around the cyclone fence barrier. Unless it's been beefed up. <br /><br />Seattle had problems with its very similar park, called Freeway Park, a park lid over the I-5 freeway. Seattle did not let Freeway Park go. Instead security was beefed up, panic buttons were installed, better lighting, I forget what all.<br /><br />You can pedal your bike from the Trinity Trail, right by the Jail, to Heritage Park. You'll go up a cool curvy bricked trail that has also been allowed to deteriorate. It reminds me of a pedestrian version of San Francisco's Lombard Street.Durangohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10231271044296466883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439803544142853007.post-18997483969410507592010-05-09T12:07:57.827-05:002010-05-09T12:07:57.827-05:00I agree with his assertion and as you've so ri...I agree with his assertion and as you've so rightly point out. I've never been to the park and as it happens, I can't go to this park. Here is an urban area perfectly situated for a city to be proud of. I don't know what kind of activity was going on that compelled them to close it but I'm sure I could guess with elaborating too much. There should old fashion patrols of a young cop walking the beat and cameras. It's kind of shameful what's happened.twisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02593091250403547793noreply@blogger.com