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Lafayette

Traber

Garden

SITE LOCATION: Pendleton Ave. & Lexington Ave. STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, & OPPORTUNITIES

CLASSIFICATION: Park The Lafayette Traber Garden is a grassy median at the far west end of
COUNCIL DISTRICT: 3 Pendleton Avenue. It is one of the smallest park properties in the system.

PARK DISTRICT: Central In its present condition, it provides no park or recreation amenities. It
provides public open green space within the street right-of-way in the
ESTABLISHED: 1956 vicinity of about a dozen homes. As a park and recreation property in

ACREAGE: 0.78 acres the Pendleton Heights neighborhood, it is a small component of the
much larger Kessler Park district. Improvements could include:
• Seating
PARK AMENITIES • Interpretive signage telling the story of Lafayette Traber
• A community garden

PARK ASSESSMENT RATING

RATING KEY: 0-24 ACCEPTABLE; 25-49 POOR; 50-74 GOOD; 75-100 EXCELLENT
✓
UNACCEPTABLE POOR GOOD EXCELLENT

Comfort/Character-25

Usability-7

Accessibility-8 Amenities-16 TOTAL SCORE

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