Parklet

Houston, Texas, is a big city – fourth in the US in population, and third in cities of over 1/2 million in geographical area – so why would we need to think so small?

What you see above is Houston’s latest park, or “parklet” as it’s being called.  It is on 19th Street  in the Heights, a couple blocks from where I attended Jr. High, and just a few blocks from Marmion Park on Heights Boulevard.  Merchants gave up one parking space – there’s diagonal parking along 19th – so the city could put in this minipark.  It does have a nice bench and some shade, but so do the Metro bus stops.

As you can see in the picture, there is even a welcome sign, but even that sign is kind of embarrassing.  It calls it the 19th Street National Parklett – It’s not national, it’s local, and the sign spells parklett with two t’s when all the publicity notices, etc. spell it with just one.