Castro house torn down. They don't want it to be a memorial. It should be a park. Huh?

[Atman]

Don't make a memorial out of the old house. But build a park. WTF kind of park with this be? Bring your kids to come play and recall where a monster enslaved innocent women for a decade? Am I missing something here?

In my mind, now that the house is gone, the very best thing to do would be to leave alone. Let it grow over with brush and trees. Let it disappear. But the very idea of a "park" is kind of creepy.

[KansDem]

1. A doubt if the lot would be big enough to be a park for kids to play in

In another thread I suggested a park with perhaps a bench. A fountain would be nice, surrounded by flowers and bushes, and a few trees. A place where one could go to reflect and meditate. Perhaps bring some calm to a place marked by such a horrific history.

I also suggested a community gardens where local residents could grow food.

Like the phoenix, a place where something positive could rise from the ashes...

[SoCalDem]

2. Public water fountain & community vegetable garden n/t

[Atman]

3. Both these ideas just gross me out.

But they're ideas. I'm open to discussion.

[onpatrol98]

4. Creep Factor...

Maybe a little creepy, but perhaps the idea is to have the joy and laughter that often accompany kids at a park having fun, overpower the dark, evil that was Castro.

He meant the place for bad...now the people can use it for something good.

[backscatter712]

5. I say make a park.

Plant trees, get some green & growing things there.

[HappyMe]

6. I think that the park is a good idea.

Take that horror and turn it around.

[AngryOldDem]

7. They probably want a serene, beautiful place.

This is what happened to the house in Connecticut where the Petit family was tortured/murdered.

HBO had a documentary about this case and they showed what became of the property. As I said -- a serene, beautiful place. Something to counteract the absolute evil that occurred there.

[bravenak]

8. Do the park.

Good coming from bad.
When the victims pass by they can see kids laughing and playing. They will know that they built that. And it's good.