Since 1909, Clark Park has been serving its neighbors well, and is hands down one of the finest parks in all the city. Here is a love letter to it, along with a video featuring drone shots of its small, but magnificent presence.
Posts by Seth Fein:
Year of the Park, A to Z: Spalding Park, Champaign
The history of Spalding Park is vast, but let's focus on the future — the near future — since big changes are coming. They are, indeed, long overdue.
Year of the Park, A to Z: Bristol Park, Champaign
The City of Champaign and the Champaign Park District went to great lengths to reimagine this neighborhood, and the park that surrounds it is a fantastic addition to our community.
Year of the Park, A to Z: Lohmann Park, Urbana
This classic Urbana park, tucked behind Thomas Paine Elementary school, has more than meets the eye.
Year of the Park, A to Z: Douglass Park, Champaign, Video Feature
The crown jewel of parks in the north side of Champaign, Douglass Park has improved vastly over the years, and continues to be a meeting place for many members of C-U's Black communities as we slowly inch towards more equity and resolution.
Year of the Park, A to Z: McCollum Park, Champaign
The McCollum family changed Champaign and changed the nation. We honored them with a strip of grass next to a major railroad that no well person would ever go hang around. Plus: mythbusters, Traffic Tickets and Drug Charges Edition!
Year of the Park, A to Z: Powell Park, Champaign
This 7.7 acre park is tucked into a neighborhood in west Champaign just off I-57 and I-72. It is simple and basic, but is nicely located for a lot of families living around it.
Year of the Park, A to Z: West Side Park, Champaign, Video Feature
Behold! One of the best parks in Champaign and Urbana sits in the very heart of the city, and there's a lot to love, and a lot of opportunity for reimagining one of our oldest park spaces.
Year of the Park, A to Z: William A. Smith Park, Savoy
Here is a park in Savoy that isn't half bad at all, and filled with potential. Savoy just needs to get serious about Savoy. The people of Savoy are counting on Savoy!
Year of the Park, A to Z: Town Center Park, Champaign
Town Center Park is not a park at all. It is a boring green space that is simply attached to an apartment complex that, for some reason, we're all now on the hook to pay for its lawncare. Dissolve this park immediately!