My goal in visiting these three parks (Girvin Road Park, Zeta Phi Beta Park, and The Jacksonville-Baldwin Rail Trail) was to understand their purpose and function within their community or who they attracted. I tried to spend enough time to attempt to interpret what the place was trying to convey.
The post right before this gives some of my experience at GRP.
For the Zeta Phi Beta park, I was unsure of what to expect. I had never heard of it and I found it only after I stumbled across it on an online search. The name of the park stood out to me because it is named for the sorority, Zeta Phi Beta. I found this park interesting for several reasons. The most important thing that stood out to me was how calm and tranquil I felt being there.
The Jacksonville-Baldwin Rail Trail was definitely the most unique, and I did not even know that such a park existed in Jacksonville--I only learned about what a rail-trail was a couple of weeks ago in my Ecotourism class (GEO4930 @ FSU, GREAT class!!) and one of my classmates did a project on the rail trail between Tallahassee and St.Marks. This also peaked my interest in a trend in urban planning that utilizes spaces and edifices abandoned in the the wake of post-industrialism. I first learned about such efforts when I saw a special on TV about the High Line in New York City, which is an urban green space that uses the old railways that once allowed trains to ride through the city. Back on the JBR, I enjoyed it (although it was
Pic from the Rail Trail. It is a picture of the ground. There were all these sticks stratified on the ground...I don't know why but it caught my attention. While this is not an exciting picture, I am fulfilling the promise to always have a picture. And, if my phone allows me, I'll upload a video of me a turtle!!
Thanks for reading!!!!
Geo Jessica B
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