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| Jan |
| 24 |
| 2009 |
| 12:00 pm - 02:00 pm |
If you like tetherball, you will be happy to know that on Saturday, January 24 from 12:00 Noon to 2:00 PM, you will be able to play tetherball without breaking into a school yard. I’ll be rolling out my portable tetherball assembly to the Island at East 4th Street and Central Avenue. After awhile, we also walked down the block and played a few games at another island on Towne & Central. Please stop by.
There will be time for a formal tournament, as well as unstructured free play. Tournament participants will pay a sliding scale donation of up to two dollars. Free play is cost-free and unstructured.
Attendees are invited to compare this experience to a recreation experience in a formal public space designated for recreation in any way they like, for example:
- Calories burned
- People met
- Fees charged
- Number of new concepts unrelated to tetherball discussed
About the area:
Known to many as Skid Row, Central City east is called ‘The Largest Recovery Community’ in the world. This particular island is also one of the archipelago of islands that Ari, Rosa, and I have identified as islands that lie above running waste-water in our City’s storm drain system.
No-one really knows if tetherball on an Island is a good idea yet, but it seems like it’s worth a shot. Tetherball may be a good fit for Islands because the ball will not roll into traffic, and activities are focused at or near the center of the court at all times, unlike other games, such as baseball.
Island disclaimer:
Islands are: unprogrammed space and free space.
Islands are and are not parks, lecture space, commercial space, recreation space, discussion space, gathering space, passing-through space, beautification space, blighted space, and memorial space.
The playing of tetherball on an Island in no way dictates that island’s future or past use.
