San Diego’s New Parks Plan Hopes for Quality over Quantity

Growing up in City Heights in San Diego, Julie Corrales remembers tying a plastic-wrapped ball around a stop sign to play tetherball with her friends.

Aside from a basketball court and a small recreation center around her neighborhood, there was no playground equipment. So, she says, “that’s how we played.”

Now, Corrales is raising her children in Barrio Logan, a politically active and artistic community in San Diego. It’s a largely Latino neighborhood surrounded by highways and junkyards.