Tony Rose Park: A Review

I'm not sure why TDOT is involved with this park.

In short:

Location: Metro Parks seems to be stretching it a little by claiming this park is on Music Circle. If there are traffic barricades between you and the park, the park is not on that street.

Crowds: Me and the old lady sorting her laundry.

Approximate Age of Patrons: Me and older

Topics of Conversation: Good morning

Stray Dogs Seen: None

Types of Vehicles in Parking Lots: No parking lots

Perceived Safety: High

Number of Gunshots Heard: None

Dog Friendliness: It depends. If the large green area on the other side of the cul de sac is also a part of the park, pretty high. If not, pretty low.

Number of pitbulls sighted: Just mine

Accessibility: Middling. I didn't notice any curb cuts to let a person in a wheelchair get into the park, but if you can get into the park, it's not too bad.

Incorporation of Local History: None, which would be fine — after all, it's just a neighborhood park and not every park has to have great historic sites or anything — except that there's not even anything to tell you who Tony Rose is or was, or why the park is named after him, or anything about how some of the park was given for the old Hall of Fame. Which just goes to show, if you get a park named after you in Nashville, you should consider paying a local gang to come in and tag the park with facts about your life.

Recommended Patrons: Children, families, and another good place for moss connoisseurs.

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