Please Help Me with What You'd Like to Know about a Park before Going There
@bagarad (14283)
Paso Robles, California
January 22, 2018 1:04pm CST
I'm in the midst of writing a blog post about our downtown city park here in Paso Robles. It's a small park the size of two city blocks and is in the middle of a small downtown, surrounded by businesses and the city library.
If you were going to visit Paso Robles for the first time, what would you want to know about this park before you made your visit? I have one photo of this park in my discussion at http://www.mylot.com/post/3146535/sleeping-in-the-park. I'm putting another one in this post. I'm hoping this will help you think of questions you think the post I'm writing about the park should answer. Your questions may also be about what you can find near the park.
As an insider who knows the park and the city well, I just assume a lot of things and it's sometimes hard to think like someone who's never been here. So please, shower me with questions.
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@Bhaskarjhborah (735)
• India
22 Jan 18
My first question about the park will be The daily visitors of the park are of what age group.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
23 Jan 18
You will see all ages in the park. Parents take young children to the playground. Teenagers hang out after school and on weekends. Working people take breaks there, and you will often see older folks on benches talking or just walking around the park. I guess I'm one of those.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
25 Jan 18
@Bhaskarjhborah It doesn't have anything more special than any other park except the Historical Society Archives in the Old Carnegie Library building and a central location so people can relax and hand out downtown.
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@Bhaskarjhborah (735)
• India
24 Jan 18
@bagarad then it seems to be a nice place to visit. What is the main attraction of the park.
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@just4him (306263)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
23 Jan 18
How kid friendly is it? Is it a place for adults as well as children? Is there a pond? Is there a zoo? Are there flower gardens? What businesses are close by that would be good to do a take out and eat in the park?
I remember a nice city park in a town I lived in that was large and had all those things, though it wasn't close to businesses. In another park men would get together and do some lawn bowling. Then there was the park that had all kinds of little museums in it, as well as a pond where artists set up their easels and painted around it. There was also a large zoo connected to that park.
I hope I gave you something to think about for your blog post.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
25 Jan 18
It's very kid friendly. There's a brand new playground. No pond or zoo in this small park, but we have parks with those things within a twenty-minute drive from this park. The park is surrounded by restaurants, some of which have take-out food. Some of them have boxes you can buy with a dinner during concerts in the park during summer. Almost every city major event happens in the park.
The park is right across the street from Studios on the Park -- the local art hub. It has working artists you can meet and watch in their studios and several galleries. It's open Thursday - Sunday with classes and special events during hours when it not usually open.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
26 Jan 18
@just4him It's just right for a small city like ours. We have other parks with walking trails and wild places, but this park is meant for community events and relaxation for tourists and people who work in the surrounding businesses.
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@shaggin (71666)
• United States
23 Jan 18
I'd want to know if parking was free, if there was bathrooms, and hiking trails. Then since I love geocaching I'd have to check on the app to see if any were located there. I'd also like knowing some other neat places to visit nearby possibly ones I could walk to such as ice cream shops etc.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
23 Jan 18
So far street parking is free, but some people are trying to change that and have meters put in. There are bathrooms, but although there are walkways through the park, there are no hiking trails. The park is just lawn, trees, and some flower beds -- not real hiking country. But you can take a walk in the park. There are all kinds of shops and restaurants across from the park.
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@RasmaSandra (73444)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
22 Jan 18
Well, I would like to know if it is safe to visit the park even if there are not too many people around if the park has plenty of paths to walk upon. if there is anything interesting to see in the park. if there are plenty of benches to sit upon and if there is a playground for children. Oh, yes and in good weather is you can relax on the grass and have a picnic.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
22 Jan 18
Thank you for such good questions. I have often visited the park during the day when I hardly saw another person. I probably would not visit alone at night after the surrounding businesses have closed, but I wouldn't go anywhere after 9 pm alone. There is not much violent crime in this city compared to the larger cities in our state.
The building you see in the center of the park is the headquarters of the Historical Society and they have displays and archives of city history, as well as books for sale. There are benches and picnic tables spread throughout the park and lots of grass, much of it under shade trees, for resting and picnics. The city just put in a new playground that is very safe for children.It is always full during daylight hours, especially after school lets out.
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@RasmaSandra (73444)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
22 Jan 18
@bagarad Sounds like a most delightful park.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
22 Jan 18
@RasmaSandra It is, for a small city park.
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@JudyEv (325809)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Jan 18
Maybe if there is parking nearby, is it relatively safe or at least seen as a safe park, does it have public toilets and are dogs allowed. I don't have a dog but many do and might be interested to know. Oh, and if there is parking, do you have to pay for it.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
22 Jan 18
I think it's a very safe park, especially before 9:30 PM when there is still a lot of activity downtown around it. It does have public toilets, and dogs are against the rules, but people do break that rule. I have many photos of dogs in the park.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
22 Jan 18
Rest room facilities, dog and play rules, hours of operation.
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@much2say (53958)
• Los Angeles, California
22 Jan 18
*Are there restrooms . . . silly question but I know in the next county over there are actually quite a few parks that do no have any restrooms. That's an important one for parents especially little ones . . . or maybe the question should be is it family friendly.
*Is there ample parking and is there ample street parking if not . . . I rarely have a problem even with the teenist of parking lots, but it helps to know just in case.
*Places of interest at the park (list of amenities) . . . sometimes we'd come home and realize we missed a particular area at the park.
*Is it a shady or sunny park . . . many of the older parks have tall trees with lots of shades . . . we have some local new parks where trees are still too young but very open spaced.
I'm sure I could think of tons more 
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
22 Jan 18
Good questions. They redid the restrooms not long ago. They used to be terrible. Now they are individual non-gender specific restrooms, each of which opens into a hallway. The hallways are open to the outside. I'll have to look more closely into whether they bar the entrances to the hallways during the night when there is no good reason to be in the park.
Parking is difficult everywhere downtown. There are street parking spaces surrounding the park, but no parking lots, and people from the surrounding businesses also use those spaces. There are a few handicap spaces near entrances, but not enough. Some people park in the library parking lot a block away, with access through the library, which is across the street from the park.
The trees in the park provide a lot of shade in summer.
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