Columbus Park Observation

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Columbus Park is located on Mulberry Street in Chinatown. We decided to evaluate the turf field in Columbus Park which contains basketball hoops, volleyball nets, and a grass field with soccer nets. The turf field is attached to a kid’s playground and more sitting space. We chose this park because it is a public space that is constantly being used by different demographics, has plenty of sitting space, and is open to the public. The kid’s playground mostly consists of young children and their guardians, the turf field is where all the teenagers and adults gather, and the sitting space is where all the elderly people play mahjong and practice tai chi. We often grab food and hang out with friends at Columbus Park, so we figured it would be interesting …show more content…
We took pictures, videos, and wrote down notes about the surroundings and what we saw. As we were taking pictures and videos, we noticed some people were starting to get curious or perhaps were feeling uncomfortable. When we visited the park around 1:30 pm, there was a team practicing frisbee in the grass field. There were seven players, all men except for one woman. It seemed that the team players were from different racial backgrounds including Asian, Latino, White, and African American. While no one was playing in the volleyball section, there were about three men playing basketball. Overall, there were about 20 people in the turf field, mostly men and Asian. When we came back to the park the same day, but this time at 4:40 pm, there were more people in general, as we expected. The temperature had gotten warmer, and kids were out of school. There were more younger people using the athletic field this time. Young boys were playing basketball and soccer. There were more girls this time around, sitting in the surrounding benches, some of them eating, and others just people-watching and talking. The population was less diverse this time, with the majority being Asian. No one payed attention to us taking pictures and videos this
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