Pocket Park

It has been said that the Harvard-Yale area is a walkable neighborhood with nowhere to walk to. This is because of the lack of retail or other businesses mixed in. Unlike the southern portion of Sugarhouse, or the Avenues, this is almost exclusively a residential neighborhood.

That said, there is one spot that folks regularly walk to: Laird Park.

 

This could be referred to as a pocket park. It fits in nicely into the neighborhood, with a playground, mature shade trees, and just enough room to play a pick-up game of football. The nice thing about pocket parks is that it is easier to intersperse them throughout a neighborhood, which encourages people to walk there.