11-18-2024, 09:40 AM
I am glad someone brought this up. Image how great midtown could be if we removed Mount Hope cemetery and made it into a central park. Or the east end if we removed first mennonite/ st. peters cemetery. Cemeteries are an incredibly inefficient use of space in a city. Wish we had the balls to do what San Francisco did in 1912 and ban them/ move all existing cemeteries to make room for park space.
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I'm not so sure one way or the other, but specifically with Mount Hope Cemetery, we should have the conversation. It's 25 acres right in the heart of the city. The amount of recreation that goes on there already speaks to the demand.
I would be scared that there would be pressure on the municipalities, if the cemetery was moved, to allow some of that land to be developed. Whereas now, it is at least green space, just not very efficient recreation space.
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I'm not so sure one way or the other, but specifically with Mount Hope Cemetery, we should have the conversation. It's 25 acres right in the heart of the city. The amount of recreation that goes on there already speaks to the demand.
I would be scared that there would be pressure on the municipalities, if the cemetery was moved, to allow some of that land to be developed. Whereas now, it is at least green space, just not very efficient recreation space.