Monday, February 22, 2016

Kid Power Park Children's Play Area and Community Garden

Kid Power Park Children's Play Area and Community Garden)
Address:

45 Hoff Street (near 16th and Mission)
San Francisco, CA 94110

Basic Info
http://sfrecpark.org/destination/kid-power-park/kid-power-park-childrens-play-area/
Review

Best things about this park:
-beautiful!
-clean and in in great condition
-nice design
-has a play area for smaller children on one side, a fountain and common area, a play area for older children, and a community garden!

Areas for improvement:
-Accessibility
-Shade
-currently no sand area
-currently no restrooms

Equipment/Features
small children side:
-2 toddler swings
-bouncy see saw thing
-small bouncy thing
-several benches
-ground: bouncy stuff
-play structure with slides, mini bridge, ladders, stairs, etc.
larger children side:
-large dome for climbing fun
-spinny thing
-swings

Vibe
-fun!
-family friendly
-safe

Neighborhood
-mission
-convenient
-close to bus lines: 14,49,22
-near 16th street mission BART station
Accessibility

-entire park is at street level
easy to get to playground with stroller or wheelchair
-open with a lot of space and easy to get around.
-no accessibility for children who use wheelchairs to get to slides.
Overall Rating
4











Sunday, February 21, 2016

Daniel Koshland community Park

Daniel Koshland community Park (Playground, Basketball Courts, and Community Garden)
Address:
Page & Buchanan
San Francisco, CA 94102

Basic Info
http://sfrecpark.org/destination/koshland-park/koshland-park-community-garden/ 
Review

Best things about this park:
-cool old-school style playground
-has an awesome community garden!
-great views of the city

Areas for improvement:
-Accessibility
-Shade
-more swings
Equipment/Features
-tire swing
-benches 
-ground: bouncy stuff (recycled tires) and sand
-2 awesome see-saws/teeter-totters
-play structure with 2 slides, bridge, zip line thing, etc..


Vibe
-fun!
-family friendly

Neighborhood
-lower haight/hayes valley
-convenient
-close to bus lines: 5, 5R, 21, 31, 49, 47, 22, 6, 7
-near van ness station: J, L, M, N, T
Accessibility
-easy to get to playground with stroller or wheelchair
-open with a lot of space and easy to get around.
-no accessibility for children who use wheelchairs to get to slides.
-can get to community garden via wheelchair/stroller but can't access the exit from garden.  You have to go back to top of park to get to entrance area to exit.
Overall Rating
4.2