Oh boy, where to begin. I grew up a block away from this park and I had a lot of memories here. I used to play baseball here, play in the playground, when I went to Block Jr. High, I would walk through here on a daily basis. As I got older, I would jog around the park for exercise. I got chased by gangs here, I had birthday parties and rode my bike through here. I was in an ATV accident with a friend where he lost a leg when he crashed into a tree here. I got into fights here, I cried over my childhood woes here. I remember in the 80s, there was a HUGE breakdancing contest here that filled the park. I would do chin-ups on the old Vietnam cannon that was here (now gone). There's a greenhouse here that you should see at least once. I played tennis here. Do you know a long time ago, there used to be a zoo here?
Now they ripped out the baseball fields and there's some crazy water slide. They even inserted a parking lot in the southeast corner. There was a statue of George Washington and someone knocked the head off of it when I was a kid.
SO many memories of Washington Park. read more