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March 7,1974 PHOENIX PageSgiiuiiiiiiuHiiiniiiiiimmiiuuiiimmMmHimiiiiiimiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiHiiiiHMiliHmmimiiiHiiiiHiiiiimimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiimiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiimiiiiiiimiimiiiimiiiiiiiimmHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiHiimmiifi Parks Probe Special:Opposition Vociferous onThe Tennis Court QuestionBY JOHN BLACKMORETennis is a hot issue inBrooklyn Heights. For the pasttwo weeks the PHOENIX hasbeen running a %u201cclip and mail\coupon in the Parks Probecolumn to sample the community%u2019s response to the ideapromoted by the DowntownBrooklyn Tennis CourtsAssociation of placing eight allweather tennis courts in themall between the War Memorialand Tillary Street in CadmanPlaza Park.So far 22 residents haveresponded. Of these 12 wereemphatically against the idea, 6for it, 3 %u201cyes-buts,%u201d and one%u201cwavering on the line.\PHOENIX statistician informs usthat this indeed constitutes astatistically significant d ifference, with the no's carrying,but warns that there's no way ofknowing how representativethese responses are of community opinion at large.In any case, the data doesshow vociferous opposition tousing Cadman Plaza as a site fornew tennis, courts. This factalone contrasts with theassurance given by the advocates for the new courts, thatthey had not encountered anycommunity opposition.The \elaborate their arguments forthe courts, saying \all means\Street), \(MiltonKaplan, Clark Street), \and a running track for jogging%u201d(A. Adlerstein, Congress Street),and \both the neighborhood and thepeople working in the courts\(Stephan Ware, Remsen Street).The \were morevehement, several simplyscrawing their votes across theentire space of the coupon withunderscorings and exclamationpoints to boot. \an escape from urban pressurein a natural setting untouchedby tennis courts or other construction,\Park Place would like to see.\park should be arecreation and amusement parkfor all age groups to walk aroundand sit and enjoy the company ofothers - like the Tuilleries inParis\(Adele Rosen, ClarkStreet), %u201cLet%u2019s not destroy oneof the few formal malls inBrooklyn\Street), %u201cThere should be avariety of activities that do notscar the attractiveness of thepark\%u201cTennis courts would limit thespace to only one form of outdoor recreation\Pacific Street), and %u201cPositivelynot! Hundreds of families wouldbe disturbed\(Trynz, HenryStreet).The \Buts%u201d includedRosalyn %u2022 J a rrett of OrangeStreet, who suggested thecourts %u201ccould be constructed tooffer many options, e.g. day andnight tennis in warm weather,with refrigeration units below tooffer ice skating in the coldermonths (much as RockefellerPlaza offers recreation in thewinter and dining in the summer)\that with adjustable fencing\area between the two statues inthe summer - just roll up thefences and people can sit onblankets.\An unidentified respondentwrites, \would be fine, but the parkshould not be taken over bythem. Squibb Park would be abetter place for tennis. A secondresponded that courts should beinstalled %u201conly if there can be anequitable way for residents toshare them. What good arecourts if you have to wait hoursto get on them?%u201dThe \on the line%u201dcomments \done with the park's center, solong as it remains essentially theSquibb Park, below the Heights Promenad's north extreme, is one of the proposed alternatives totennis courts being proposed for Cadman Plaza Park. (Hernandez Photo)same. I don%u2019t know how drastic achange the tennis courts wouldmake.%u201dAlternative locations mentioned by the respondents included Squibb Park, the roof ofthe parking garage at A&S, andthe unleased and unoccupiedPier No. 6 at the foot of AtlanticAvenue. We were also informedthat there are already courts inthe area which are chronicallyunused. When we went to investigate these, which are partof the multi-purpose playgroundarea near the intersection ofColumbia Street and AtlanticAvenue, we discovered that twocourts indeed exist there, butwith good reason for underutilization. Both courts arenetless, and one court ispostless. With all this clamor fortennis, someone at PRCA shouldget on the proverbial schtick.Has your voice been heard onthis issue? The PHOENIX plansto make these comments andideas available to the ap %u00adpropriate official at the ParksDepartment, so if you have anOpinion, write the PHOENIX.NAME.ADDRESS__________________________What types of activities would you like to see in the park?Do you think tennis courts should be installed in the park?DAY OH NIGHT I)OOK TO IX)OK SKHVIOKH e ig h t s Ca r & L im o u s in e Se r v ic e In c .L ocal and l.onn D istance ('allsZone Flat Ratesiiiiiii!!!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiimimiiiiiiiiiimmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiimiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimmiiiiiiiiimmiiiii^_TELL %u2019EMYOU READ ITIN THE; PHOENIXHMXUS&* 158 Montegus St.JOPEN 7 DAYS & j NIGHTSJ Complete meals%u2605 %u2605 %u2605 %u2605 %u2605 %u2605 %u2605 %u2605 A875-6046Send your thoughts about Cadman Park to:Parks Probe,The Phoenix155 Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn 11201Ol'K.N 24 HOIKS IT.I.. .->22-7222KD * 'T To T H IS X E A R *e n v i s i t A \\ K . 5 - O U V L A K l147 /v\\owTA6.ut St.v y v w w r t v w v v v w w w w w w w w wa i m o i i l a s e rMid-Eastern and International CuisineOPEN 11:30a.m. to Midnight,7 Days a Week Serving Lunch and Dinner 212-624-9267 218 COURT STREET, BROOKLYN, N.Y.'A W W W S W VIW fW V W V V WThe W aterfront R estaurant is pleased to announceLive Enterrasnm enrrFriday %u00a3 Saturday njqhte %u2022 10pm to 2 amNow appearing: Ralph U otkob, folk-rocK piano-vocalistSupper served 'till I art)ruE5~s>*r a '-iz ., 2~u dimner served 5730- 10-0 0 , supper io- ix.D 6 A TLA N TIC A V E N U E ( a ft. 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