  Urbanoutdoors Member Username: Urbanoutdoors Post Number: 564 Registered: 11-2005 |
Oshea will likely close by friday unless something is done. Council could stop this but there is on recess. | ||
Quozl Member Username: Quozl Post Number: 1345 Registered: 07-2005 |
Are you certain that O'Shea is not already closed? It is not showing up on the City of Detroit Recreation Center website. | ||
Cgunn Member Username: Cgunn Post Number: 94 Registered: 01-2004 |
According to Fox2 it will likely close by friday. | ||
Zimm Member Username: Zimm Post Number: 25 Registered: 10-2006 |
any truth to the rumor that the O'Shea Rec Center will be re-opening as the Ice Cube Rec Center? | ||
Quozl Member Username: Quozl Post Number: 1347 Registered: 07-2005 |
According to the Parks Department Master Plan (Page 7), O'Shea Recreation Center was closed in January 2006 because it was in poor condition and under utilized. I went through there in September 2005 and it looked pretty good on the inside, new equipment, paint and all. The ball fields looked like shit and there was a fair amount of graffiti and litter around the building. I have about 10 pics I took if anyone wants to see them. | ||
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed Post Number: 1484 Registered: 04-2006 |
O'Shea was still open? I used to ride my bike there a lot as a kid and I always thought it was shut down. This was back in the early 90s... | ||
Paulmcall Member Username: Paulmcall Post Number: 345 Registered: 05-2004 |
This just mirrors what has happened to the neighborhoods around there. I remember getting a green and gold Twin Pines T-shirt for being an All Star in their baseball program back in the 60's. You almost had to fight to get time on a diamond then. Parks and Recreation always gets cut in a budget pinch. Too bad because it could give kids (with time on their hands) a place to go rather than the streets. | ||
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed Post Number: 1488 Registered: 04-2006 |
^Also might be a casualty of the new rec center that was built at Joy and Southfield. | ||
Quozl Member Username: Quozl Post Number: 1352 Registered: 07-2005 |
^^^I was thinking maybe it had to do with Stoepel Park No. 2 being a better, larger park but it appears to be in fair condition, under capacity too. | ||
Paulmcall Member Username: Paulmcall Post Number: 352 Registered: 05-2004 |
Joy and Southfield...isn't that where Herman Gardens was? | ||
Urbanoutdoors Member Username: Urbanoutdoors Post Number: 567 Registered: 11-2005 |
The story was on channel 4 last night but I never saw it posted on clickondetroit.com. It was kept open till now by an active community member who lobbied the city but he recently passed away. It was slated to close much earlier but was kept open because of this. Anyone able to find the story? | ||
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed Post Number: 1496 Registered: 04-2006 |
Joy and Southfield...isn't that where Herman Gardens was? Yeah, that's where they built the rec center that was a gift of the Super Bowl. | ||
Eric_w Member Username: Eric_w Post Number: 307 Registered: 02-2007 |
Too bad-O'Shea was a great place but I'm talking over 30 years ago. Played hockey,softball and baseball there. Someone above mentioned Twin Pines. I played on a Detroit Rec ball team in the 60's & we were given Twin Pines Shirts & caps for our team. Loved those colors-like the old Oakland A's uniforms. Sadly parks all over don't get any use. Too many kids would rather watch & play video games and just hang at malls. | ||
Paulmcall Member Username: Paulmcall Post Number: 353 Registered: 05-2004 |
Yeah the T-Birds were one of the big teams. They had a pitcher named Whitey. | ||
Eric_w Member Username: Eric_w Post Number: 309 Registered: 02-2007 |
Paulcall- Most of my ball playing was at Butzel Park in the 60's (that's where I got the Twin Pines Shirt )then later for West Seven at Milan & O'Hara Fields. Only played a few baseball games there-practice games against O'Shea teams. Remember how big the place was before they built I-96? | ||
Paulmcall Member Username: Paulmcall Post Number: 355 Registered: 05-2004 |
Yeah it was huge but plenty of people were playing on those fields. I remember crossing the railroad tracks to get through a hole in the fence to get in there off Fullerton. | ||
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed Post Number: 1499 Registered: 04-2006 |
^Before I-96, I assume? | ||
Quozl Member Username: Quozl Post Number: 1360 Registered: 07-2005 |
quote: Pre-O'Shea 1949. Notice the sidewalks on the southeast corner:  O'Shea 1967:  O'Shea 1981:  | ||
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed Post Number: 1500 Registered: 04-2006 |
What was that building at the corner of what became I-96 and Greenfield? Traffic planning looks to have really killed off that area... | ||
Quozl Member Username: Quozl Post Number: 1361 Registered: 07-2005 |
I totally forgot what that building was that faced Greenfield. | ||
Quozl Member Username: Quozl Post Number: 1362 Registered: 07-2005 |
Here is the original Subdivision Plat that would later become O'Shea park. | ||
Paulmcall Member Username: Paulmcall Post Number: 357 Registered: 05-2004 |
We used to play touch football on that lawn in front of that building on Greenfield. | ||
Quozl Member Username: Quozl Post Number: 1363 Registered: 07-2005 |
We played touch football in the play field behind Queen of Hope (not Devil's Hills) or at the field next to Dossin Elementary on Glendale. We played flag football at Douglas Ramsel Playground at Longacre and Tournier behind Edison Elementary. | ||
Supersport Member Username: Supersport Post Number: 11667 Registered: 10-2003 |
Lots of kids & parents were out protesting the closure in front of the CAY. Probably a good 50-75 people out there. | ||
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed Post Number: 1504 Registered: 04-2006 |
Dossin is closing too... | ||
Paulmcall Member Username: Paulmcall Post Number: 361 Registered: 05-2004 |
Used to make out in car in Dossin parking lot until the cops came by after hearing a report of a breaking and entering! |
