The hope of Rail Park proponents is to use the park to help link the neighborhoods together which are growing in an area with little green space and more suited for industrial than residential uses.
to the public this month. The quarter-mile stretch took eight years to raise the money, acquire the land, and build. It cost $10.3 million, with almost $7 million coming from the state and city, and the rest donated by foundations and almost 300 individuals, a sign that there's a high level of enthusiasm for the park.Plans for a second phase are still being worked out, but it's likely to continue east, dip south to 11th and Vine Streets and north to Ninth Street and Fairmount Avenue.
Yet, with all the city's needs, like a stubborn 26 percent poverty rate and epidemics of gun violence and opioid abuse, it's worth asking whether this is theof the city's public and private resources. One part of the answer may lie in how the park and neighborhoods evolve. The hope of Rail Park proponents is to use the park to help link the neighborhoods together, which are growing in an area with little green space and more suited for industrial than residential uses.
Adding an attractive amenity like a park or trail to a neighborhood typically spurs development, and increases in housing values as demand pushes up prices. That can squeeze out all but a few who can afford it.. The rail park gives the city has an opportunity to demonstrate what it's learned from gentrification to get it right., which raised money and developed the park, estimates that about one-third of the land near the park is vacant.
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