Huntington Park

Collis P. Huntington Park

Address:

California and Taylor

Basic info:

http://sfrecpark.org/destination/collis-p-huntington-park/

Review:

Best things about this park:

-It's beautiful
-It has a lovely water fountain and landscaped areas in addition to the playground
-Lovely views of the city
-You can take the cable car here!

Areas for improvement:

-Accessibility
-Could use a regular sized swing set (they have toddler swings) and/or other types of swings
-could use some bouncy/see-saw like equipment

Equipment/Features:

-Bathrooms: yes!

-Ground: bouncy stuff

-fountain

-benches

-dog friendly

-toddler swings

Large play structure:

-slides

-stairs

-twisty pole

-lounging swing thing underneath structure

Small play structure:

-slides

-stairs
-lounging swing thing underneath structure

Vibe:

-safe
-family friendly

Neighborhood:

-nob hill
-near Trader Joe's
-across the street from Grace Cathederal
-near the california cable line!
-near muini lines 1,2,3,38, 27
-pretty close to powell BART station

Accessibility:

-ramps to enter park and playground
-lots of room to manuever a wheelchair or stroller
-none of the equipment is accessible

Overall Rating:

4.2

Sergeant John Macaulay Park

Sergeant John Macaulay  Park

Address:

Larkin and O'farrell

Basic info:

http://sfrecpark.org/destination/sgt-john-macaulay-park/

Review:

Best things about this park:

- diverse population of families

- train thing is cool

-Zula always has fun here!

-nice play structures

Areas for improvement:

-Sometimes interesting characters from the neighborhood come inside.

-could be cleaner

-accessibility

Equipment/Features:

-No bathrooms

-Ground:recycled tire squares

-water fountains

-pretend train structure

Large Structure:

- tire swing

- big structure: two twisty slides

-Various kinds of steps

-ladders

-twisty poles

-bridge

- monkey bars

- pretend train structure

- two toddler swings

Small structure:

Double slide

Regular slide

-ladders

-bridge

-steps

Vibe:

-fun

Neighborhood:

-in the heart of the tenderloin

-across the street from a strip club

-I wouldn't recommend going here in the evening.

-near bus lines 38,49,47,31,27,19, less than a mile from civic center BART station

Accessibility:

-at ground level so people who use wheelchairs and strollers can enter easily

-none of the equipment is accessible.

Overall Rating

3.7