Following what Jane Jacobs stated in The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961):

 “Conventionally, neighborhood parks or parklike open spaces are considered boons conferred on the deprived populations of cities.  Let us turn this thought around, and consider city parks deprived places that need the boon of life and appreciation conferred upon them.  This is more nearly in accord with reality, for people do confer use on parks and make them successes – or else withhold use and doom parks to rejection and failure.”

We will meet neighbors representing different organizations, like Friends of Patterson Park and Audubon Center, talking about their contributions to Patterson Park. We will also focus on organizations like the Creative Alliance that gives the neighbors an opportunity to create and excel at art with their programs and activities. We will embrace the park as a place where art lives in many ways for all the neighbors and visitors to enjoy.