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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MT P resident here, I think the bigger problem is that Mt P doesn't have a playground, which is ridiculous given how many kids live in the neighborhood. Maybe closing the bancroft playground will provide more pressure to build a playground at that plot of land on Lamont. #amomcandream[/quote]

It's not technically in Mt. P, but the playground on 16th by the Catholic Church is probably the same distance if not closer than Bancroft for most of the neighborhood. [/quote]

That is a long uphill walk from much of Mt P and also requires crossing 16th street. That is fine when your kids are little and in a stroller but once they are walking on their own, that walk can seem pretty long esp if you are just trying to run them around for 20 minutes or so to blow off some steam.[/quote]

I think the poster is referring to Powell playground (confusing name since it isn't by the school of the same name) on 16th and Lamont.  It is just across the street from Mount Pleasant.  Unfortunately the field space is usually locked, although I'm not sure why.   And volunteers help clean the playground area, but DPR seems to have abandoned it.   There are several social services nearby and unfortunately a lot of loitering, public drinking/drug use, broken glass, etc.  I used to think the playground belonged to the church since DPR doesn't address it.[/quote]

I guess that's what you get when you have a playground open to the public. [/quote]

No.  That's what you get when a playground doubles as a location for providing church-based social services.  But the field space there is locked.  And its a PUBLIC park.
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I live around the corner. I have never seen the church provide social services in the park. What services are they providing there? If the field is locked call DPR and find out why. It's not DCPS. [/quote]

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