Write a short paragraph on any of the one topic:-
a. A Park in my Neighbourhood
b. A Blind Man, I met on my way
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A park in my Neighborhood
A Park in my Neighbourhood
Since ancient times, parks have been places where people gather for a great variety of reasons, and are iconic elements in the development of signature cities. Parks and playgrounds also make a significant appearance on the list of places that people have fond memories: places where they first met an old friend, played a legendary game of catch, played a prank on someone, fell in love, and the list goes on.
Most park activities and uses are categorized under recreation and leisure, and are therefore “optional,” Jan Gehl, urban designer and proponent of pedestrian and bike friendly cities, says in his book “Life Between Buildings.” Because they are optional, they are prone to be skipped when it becomes inconvenient to include them in our daily lives. As the United States progressed in the early 20th Century, land was divided and connected by ribbons of roadways; life became highly compartmentalized for the middle-class American.
Each activity and its host location became a destination in itself. This destination status doesn’t help the optional nature of routine leisure and socialization and the places that allow them — third places — as urban sociologist Ray Oldenburg calls spaces that are not home or work. However, the decline in importance of third places is not universal, and the human desire to socialize and congregate is bound to show itself when the right opportunities exist in the built environment.