Clark 'A' Park - Existing Conditions, Uses, Issues.
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Drainage
Pedestrian Through Traffic
Drainage:
Runoff from rain and snow melt results in ponding,
flooding, and marshy areas. Much of the Park has little slope
except along Baltimore Avenue.
When there is a storm, additional runoff tends to enter from along
Baltimore Avenue near 44th Street. Once the depression by the
Gettysburg Stone is
full, it overflows toward the flagpole and then turns south in a
sheeting action. It reaches the drains in Chester Avenue
(which are always backed up.)
However, many puddles occur on slight grades probably due to the impervious nature of the subsurface.
Runoff Diagram
Blue indicates puddles and marshy areas. Arrows
show storm water movement patterns. One goal is to work with the
topography allowing the natural collection
areas to absorb as much of the runoff as possible.
Pedestrian Through Traffic - Winter Weekday Morning:
This indicates two main routes of most of
the pedestrian through traffic. People tend to walk the Western diagonal
from 44th & Baltimore
toward
USP and Playgrounds, and the diagonal from Chester Avenue
to 43rd and Baltimore Avenue. It also indicates some people
use the walk parallel to Baltimore to get away from the street.
Few people used the diagonal
from Dickens to cut through the Park..
However, this tells us little about destination
users. That is, those who come to use the park on weekends.
The only destination users this morning
were sledders going to the bowl and a few dog owners.
Darker Lines indicate lots of foot prints, and dashed lines very few
prints. It was a light snow, just enough that paths could still
be made out,
although there is obviously a clarity problem near the center of the park.
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