York Boulevard Park Planning to 'Get Specific' Tonight (Readers Poll)

After last Thursday brainstorming recommendations for a public park at the intersection of York Boulevard and Avenue 50, Highland Park residents will on Monday evening commence the actual design of the park.

That meeting, coordinated by Living Street’s L.A. on behalf of Councilman José Huizar’s office, was focused on determining the community’s level of support for the project, laying out a plan for attaining funding and gathering a general sense of what the public wants included in the park.

Tonight (Monday, June 27), the community will be asked to get specific with their plan.

The meeting is scheduled to take place at 6 p.m. inside 5010 York Blvd.

Approximately 50 people showed up for Thursday's meeting, many of whom shared a flurry of suggestions of what they believe should be built in the park.

Among the suggestions to receive the most votes were a playground, public bathrooms, trees, native landscaping, seating, basketball courts and exercise equipment.

In the comments section of our most recent coverage of the park planning process, Patch readers shared their own preferences, which included bike racks, trees and a screen to show movies.

You can read Patch's previous coverage of the park planing in the following stories.

What would you like to see included in a pubic park on York Boulevard and Ave. 50? Take part in our Facebook poll to weigh in, or leave a comment below.