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Community Park Friends of the Palo Alto Parks has spearheaded a movement to create a new park in Palo Alto which will bridge the gap between those with and without special needs in the community. Planned to be a part of Mitchell Park, the Magical Bridge Playground will be a park that is accessible to people of all abilities and people of all ages. Here children with special needs, physical or cognitive, will be able to play alongside everyone else. A parent in a wheelchair will be able to push his/her child in a swing. Those with varying abilities will experience a park as never before. Friends of the Magical Bridge Playground, sponsored by Friends of the Palo Alto Parks, is a public/private partnership with the City of Palo Alto. For more information on this project, visit www.magicalbridge.org. We invite you to support the Magical Bridge Playground wine fundraiser by visiting http://wine.crushnet.com/magicalbridge
"New" Lytton Plaza Makes its Debut
The new design, by San Francisco architect Gary Laymon, features a welcoming fountain at the corner of University and Emerson, and includes expanded lighting and comfortable seating with tables and chairs as well as benches. A grove of deciduous trees provides shade in the Summer and light in the Winter. The Plaza's traditional use as a setting for public gatherings has been enhanced. Dedicated in December, "new" Lytton is seeing substantially increased use.
Color Our Parks Friends of the Palo Alto Parks, the city of Palo Alto, and interested parties and non-profits are working together to bring color to Palo Alto's parks. The first effort is at Rinconada, where plantings at the park signs on Embarcadero, Hopkins, and Newell and a center planting area are being neatened and refurbished.
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Lytton Plaza was developed in the 1960's by Lytton Savings & Loan as part of its office site at Emerson and University. When the S&L encountered hard times, the City acquired the plaza and held it in its original state as dedicated parkland. Last year, after some fifty years, Lytton Plaza was completely renovated thanks to a Public-Private partnership between the City and a public group organized as the Friends of Lytton Plaza, sponsored by the Downtown Business Improvement District and