(PROJECT) QT Park - 41st & Riverside

[joiei]

Swing sets and other playground gear is no more, the reason is lawsuits. It's not worth the hassle. They took down all the swing sets from city parks on Columbus, Ohio a few years ago as did Omaha, NE and Atlanta, GA. That is also why McDonalds and Burger King took down that kiddy playroom thing they had. My concern of the parking area is that if it's real busy the likely hood for a car break-in increases. Someone can sit and watch people leave their cars and then go break in. Tulsa need better parking security for trail users.

What would you propose? 

[AVERAGE JOE]

What would you propose? 

He/she/it wouldn't know because he/she/it lives out of state. Michigan or Ohio or Nebraska or somewhere in the upper Midwest. Please don't feed the trolls.

[sauerkraut]

What would you propose? 

I'd like to have the swing sets there along with the other regular playground gear  for the kids - but thanks to lawyers and law suits it won't happen. I think it would be better if the trail was moved away from playground activity so kids would not be dashing over it... However all in all the area does look great.  The water jets will be great for warm Summer days. They did alot of work there. The parking area is tight. I'd like more parking.

[joiei]

I'd like to have the swing sets there along with the other regular playground gear  for the kids - but thanks to lawyers and law suits it won't happen. I think it would be better if the trail was moved away from playground activity so kids would not be dashing over it... However all in all the area does look great.  The water jets will be great for warm Summer days. They did alot of work there. The parking area is tight. I'd like more parking.

Thank you for the thoughtful response even though you do not live here, that means you have no children playing at this park.  Right? 

[Renaissance]

Don't be too harsh on the guy--he claims to visit regularly on business and run the river trails in his spare time.  Quite possible he's been back since the park opened and ran by, forming an opinion as he jogged.

Also possible he's full of it.

[Hoss]

Don't be too harsh on the guy--he claims to visit regularly on business and run the river trails in his spare time.  Quite possible he's been back since the park opened and ran by, forming an opinion as he jogged.

Also possible he's full of it.

I'll take door 2.

[sauerkraut]

Thank you for the thoughtful response even though you do not live here, that means you have no children playing at this park.  Right? 

Nope, all my kidz are grown up & live in Texas. I was just in Tulsa for two weeks from late April to the first week of May during all that rain. I work in Marketing I'm a customer service rep. We have many customers in Tulsa.

[sauerkraut]

I'll take door 2.

Awww Door 2 is a Zonk. you lose.

[sgrizzle]

I'd like to have the swing sets there along with the other regular playground gear  for the kids - but thanks to lawyers and law suits it won't happen. I think it would be better if the trail was moved away from playground activity so kids would not be dashing over it... However all in all the area does look great.  The water jets will be great for warm Summer days. They did alot of work there. The parking area is tight. I'd like more parking.

If the trail was moved even further away it would be in the parking lot. As it is, it is on the opposite side of numerous physical barriers from the playground.

Parking is ample.

[Hoss]

Awww Door 2 is a Zonk. you lose.

wow, that's ironic.  You've lost ever since you've been posting here as a Tulsan when it's clear to most now that you're not.

Quit pretending you are until you actually have lived here.  And I'm talking in the present, not the past.

[waterboy]

Swing sets and other playground gear is no more, the reason is lawsuits. It's not worth the hassle. They took down all the swing sets from city parks on Columbus, Ohio a few years ago as did Omaha, NE and Atlanta, GA. That is also why McDonalds and Burger King took down that kiddy playroom thing they had. My concern of the parking area is that if it's real busy the likely hood for a car break-in increases. Someone can sit and watch people leave their cars and then go break in. Tulsa need better parking security for trail users.

Yes, there were lawsuits. Much of the playground equipment was poorly designed, seldom maintained and created some awful injuries. We held Bell's to a higher standard than the swings at Woodward Park. I fell off a "jungle gym" as a kindergarten student and pushed my front teeth up under my nose. No, my parents didn't know enough to sue for medical care, but they would have been deserving. Some kids slipped off of poorly maintained merry-go-rounds and got tangled up underneath causing severe injuries. You think the parks, schools and McDonalds' should skate because it might cost them money to keep children safe? I don't. Sue the bas%*&ds if they deserve it.

[Patrick]

The 'QT Park' was packed all weekend.  We rode by numerous times and there were easily 100-150+ people there (picnicking, enjoying the water features, kids on playground, exercising, etc).  It seemed like lots of people that didn't park right there rode bikes or walked from other locations.  The faux grass is a great idea.

No fistfights over parking spots, no bike wrecks.  No bickering.  Everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves.

[cannon_fodder]

Took my boy to the park.  It was packed (not over crowded).  Tons of fun.

I was, personally, damn glad to see that the equipment installed would allow a kid to get hurt.  Really.  You can climb up it, wizz around in circles, splash in water on concrete.  All sorts of stuff to do.

It is well designed and it is doubtful anyone could get really injured.  But you have to give a kid something to play on that isn't "sterile."  How many times did you fall off your bike or out of a tree and get hurt?  Most of us aren't worse the wear for it either.

All hazards at the QT park are open and obvious to any parent.  If your kid gets hurt, so be it.  I hope no one gets injured, but if kids don't get hurt every now and then they aren't playing hard enough!

[Gold]

It looked a little precarious to me.  There are some sharp edges with wet surfaces near them.  It would be fun as hell to play on.

When I went by a couple of weeks back, people were swimming in the river near the area where the drainage enters the river, I guess because they are protected from the current.  It appears stupidity is a major contributing factor to Oklahoma's health care issues.  I love the river, but I'll never swim in the thing if I can avoid it.

[cannon_fodder]

Do you swim in Lake Keystone?  What about Grand Lake?  The latter is more polluted than the Arkansas River, and the former is about equal (of course).   Farm runoff is far worse than any other pollutant now-a-days.

Why am I commenting on this?  Waterboy!