Roslindale to get bandstand, indoor/outdoor pool and plan for library renovations

...from both the public library (used lately) and city free networks (haven't used in a while). And at the top of the square at Select cafe (free) and the Birch Street Bistro (have to ask for pass). Below the square there's free wifi at A&N pizza (just down the street from the Irving school).

I hope when the park is redesigned they take into consideration that over the last decade, the farmers market/summer concerts/egg hunt/tree decoration/etc have become hugely popular. Any new layout should allow for these large reoccuring events.

The current two path setup was fine for a park that saw only occasional visitors or passers-through, but now heavy foot traffic at events is beating down some of the grassy areas, and folks (mostly young kids) also end up running through and trashing the flower beds (not maliciously - the beds are right in the natural pathways anyone would take across the park). Corralling people onto paved areas just makes for uncomfortable crowding (and doesn't really work).

Removing some of the larger periphery hedges and moving the decorative flower beds into their place would free up space for better paths, give the whole neighborhood the benefit of added color, and make the park more inviting to the eye and casual passerby.

(It might also encourage drivers to slow the heck down as they whip by, as it would be more obvious that the area is also a pedestrian square. But that's probably just unfounded optimism on my part.)