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Friday, February 01, 2013

Over 4 Dozen Detroit Parks Closing

Bitter temperatures have kept the kids away from O'Hair Park on Detroit's west side, but in the summer months the place is packed.

"The kids come over here and use the park every day. I see them play in the park every day," said Jimmy D.

The park has seen better days. Some of the play equipment is broken and some areas have become a dumping ground, but neighbors try to keep it up and now they're worried what will happen when it closes.

"If you look at it, how vast it is, could you imagine four, five feet high grass? They could throw bodies in there," Jimmy D said.
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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Those people voted for Obama so that's what they get. It takes a tax base to keep up parks and that doesn't happen with people on food stamps.