Eastsidedog Member Username: Eastsidedog
Post Number: 271 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 12.47.224.8
| Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 - 2:13 pm: | |
I was driving through Boston Edison the other day and happened upon beautiful Voight Park, nestled right in the middle of the neighborhood. What a great park! It must be fantastic in the summer, and get lots of use. It would be really cool to live in one of the homes that face the park! I just thought it was so beautiful, so I thought I'd share. |
Wirt Member Username: Wirt
Post Number: 20 Registered: 12-2005 Posted From: 64.243.32.9
| Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 - 2:17 pm: | |
The drive down 2nd has an interesting variety of well kept housing and neighborhoods. The Henry Ford house is there too. |
Eastsidedog Member Username: Eastsidedog
Post Number: 272 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 12.47.224.8
| Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 - 2:23 pm: | |
Anyone on here live in BE and use the park? |
Bussey Member Username: Bussey
Post Number: 159 Registered: 12-2003 Posted From: 206.208.94.60
| Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 - 2:56 pm: | |
the park isnt intended to be "used" as most parks are; no recreational structures, i.e. baseball backstops, swingsets, benches. It was, and is still, a strolling park. Only suited for carelessly walking through. The homeowners association has an annual picnic though, or so I have been told on the winter home tour. Can any residents vouch these statements? Woodbridge resident Bussey |
Eastsidedog Member Username: Eastsidedog
Post Number: 274 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 12.47.224.8
| Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 - 3:01 pm: | |
Bussey, that's too bad. It would still be fun to let the dog run there. I just really like how it's nestled in the neighborhood. Why no playground equipment though? Does it have benches at least so you could read a book? I'm going to have to investigate this more. It's sad to see parks underutilized. They tend to become a crime problem. |
Jfried Member Username: Jfried
Post Number: 820 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 209.131.7.190
| Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 - 3:02 pm: | |
I've heard the same as Bussey. No dogs, no recreation. I've even heard of the police ticketing a homeowner who put up a volleyball net during a party. |
Livedog2 Member Username: Livedog2
Post Number: 148 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 24.223.133.177
| Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 - 3:32 pm: | |
The "old" Kresge Mansion in that neighborhood. Livedog2 |
Magnasco Member Username: Magnasco
Post Number: 95 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 209.69.165.10
| Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 - 3:49 pm: | |
Went by a few years ago and they were doing some type of civil war display along with artifacts and people in costume. Was a nice afternoon of stuff. |
Eastsidedog Member Username: Eastsidedog
Post Number: 275 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 12.47.224.8
| Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 - 4:05 pm: | |
Jfried, that's ridiculous. Underused parks are a shame. Wouldn't residents rather have it full of people enjoying themselves? Lafayette Park is right in the middle of a neighborhood (albeit a very different sort of neighborhood, high rises and townhouses) and is not bordered by any main thouroughfares. It's one of the nicest parks in the city because of it's heavy use IMO. |
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen
Post Number: 1283 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 140.244.107.151
| Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 - 4:59 pm: | |
You might find some previous Forum discussion last July on this topic of interest: https://www.atdetroit.net/forum/mes sages/50492/50856.html https://www.atdetroit.net/forum/mes sages/50492/51468.html |
Neilr Member Username: Neilr
Post Number: 236 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 69.242.218.76
| Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 - 5:00 pm: | |
Voigt Park is used as it was intended to be used: as an ornamental park. As Wirt mentioned, Henry Ford's house overlooks the Park. As does James Cousins' house. And the Kern house. Along the same lines and equally beautiful, to me, is the LaSalle Gardens Park, several blocks north of Grand Blvd. One of the most beautiful sights in Detroit is to view LaSalle Gardens Park and the surrounding mansions on those mornings when it is all shrouded in a light fog. (Message edited by neilr on April 24, 2006) |
Chub Member Username: Chub
Post Number: 305 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 69.246.28.200
| Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 - 5:41 pm: | |
Voight Park is just as it should be and always has been; an ornamental park, just as Neilr said. If you ask the residents of B-E, I'm sure 99% would agree. |
Ilovedetroit Member Username: Ilovedetroit
Post Number: 2270 Registered: 02-2005 Posted From: 69.246.3.74
| Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 - 6:34 pm: | |
I have been to three Halloween parties at the Kresge...that is a rocking fun time! |
Lmichigan Member Username: Lmichigan
Post Number: 3592 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 67.172.95.197
| Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 - 6:35 pm: | |
I'm surprised that some don't know there are actually many different types of parks with many different uses. |
Jfried Member Username: Jfried
Post Number: 821 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 69.47.87.96
| Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 - 6:38 pm: | |
wow, lmich, I'm surprised that you're so surprised. |
Eastsidedog Member Username: Eastsidedog
Post Number: 280 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 12.47.224.7
| Posted on Tuesday, April 25, 2006 - 2:44 pm: | |
Parks that aren't meant to be used, except to look at or walk through, just seem very silly to me and I guess, "un-urban." If it's only use is to be looked at that is very reminiscent of suburbia to me, like large landscaped greenspaces. But, I suppose Voight Park should remain exactly as it was intended if that's what the residents want. I just thought it was a beautiful park and I suppose it fulfilled it's purpose when I drove by it. |
Chub Member Username: Chub
Post Number: 306 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 69.246.28.200
| Posted on Tuesday, April 25, 2006 - 3:17 pm: | |
Stay out of our park Eastsidedog! Haa ha.. just kiddin'. |
Eastsidedog Member Username: Eastsidedog
Post Number: 283 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 12.47.224.7
| Posted on Tuesday, April 25, 2006 - 6:47 pm: | |
I'm gonna walk my big ass dog there and let him drop a huge pile of #$$%^! jk. |
Lmichigan Member Username: Lmichigan
Post Number: 3599 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 67.172.95.197
| Posted on Tuesday, April 25, 2006 - 10:50 pm: | |
There are ornamental parks, tot lots, gardens, dog parks, event parks, public squares...Voight Park is used how it was originally meant and how the current residents want it, apparently. |
Urban_shocker Member Username: Urban_shocker
Post Number: 266 Registered: 12-2003 Posted From: 67.38.0.36
| Posted on Wednesday, April 26, 2006 - 2:56 am: | |
I heard that park just got some grant money for an improvement, but I'm not privy to any of the details. |
Cafe Member Username: Cafe
Post Number: 1243 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 84.162.55.213
| Posted on Wednesday, April 26, 2006 - 8:36 am: | |
It is a historical neighborhood. It is a historical park. It will stay the way it was originally intended. Henry Ford's house had a beautiful window built specifically for the best view of the park. There has been a tree lighting the last couple of Decembers, there is an annual Easter Egg hunt, and a cook out in the summer. Other celebrations have been held in the park. There are people walking through it all the time. There is a path worn where people walk. Dog owners take their dogs to the park everyday, the dogs stay on leashes (too much car traffic), and the owners usually pick up after their dogs. |
Southwestmap Member Username: Southwestmap
Post Number: 456 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 64.79.90.206
| Posted on Wednesday, April 26, 2006 - 10:32 am: | |
Well, I ran right over to see this park after I read that it was an ornamental park. I guess that I was expecting something different. In April it maybe looks more ragged and scruffy than it does in the summer. Nevertheless, there is not one "vista," nothing to really feast your eyes on but a lot of grass and relatively few trees. For my money, Clark Park in SW Detroit, in the early morning (any season) is prettier, more serene and more uplifting. |
Deegee Member Username: Deegee
Post Number: 24 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 75.7.134.129
| Posted on Wednesday, April 26, 2006 - 11:11 pm: | |
The park is nice. I live in the neighborhood and appreciate the view, the flowers, and the peace and quiet even when kids are playing in the park. |
Nickstone Member Username: Nickstone
Post Number: 5 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 68.41.94.42
| Posted on Thursday, April 27, 2006 - 3:42 am: | |
Just as an added "park" post... I played a concert in the Russell Woods neighborhood last summer... awesome to see how they all come together as a neighborhood to listen to music and hang out... and that neighborhood is in rougher shape than BE... things ARE turning around... just from the perspective of a guy who grew up as a suburban WHITE kid ha ha... |