Bitter Lake Reservoir Park

The playground itself is small but good for big and little kids alike. It’s well designed for such a small space with several play features for the kids. It’s all very sad considering every time we’ve taken our kids to this park (we’ve been trying to give it the benefit of the doubt) there has been some incident that deters us from coming back.
Let’s see, there was the incident where two adults had a cuss out match and then starting having a physical fight right on the sidewalk (the park is basically right next to the sidewalk). There’s the time there was someone hanging out there with a boom box with his shirt off smoking pot and thumping music. There was the time that some woman started screaming at my husband for sitting down on the rock wall nearby. And today, two people screaming across the park cursing at each other.
It bums me out because it is a nice little neighborhood park, but I think we’ve given up.

NOTE: This review was originally posted on ¾/​13. Due to a glitch, it was combined with Bitter Lake Playfield. Thanks to Unilocal for correcting the issue and separating the two parks again!
When I moved to this neighborhood, I loved the Bitter Lake Reservoir Park. I believe it was referred to as a «green space» at the time. At the top, sat the reservoir, with a fence and all of the typical security you would expect to see. As you look down the slope, on each side, you were met with green, flowing grass. There was a small plaza, which was fun to roller skate, scoot, and bike around. Concrete structures made awesome «benches.» The best thing about the little green space was the fantastic hill, which we all used for sledding when it snowed. Most of all, the space offered me a feeling of serenity in the middle of an urban lifestyle.
Fast forward… we now have a P-​Patch and a playground. After months of fighting over which side the P-​Patch would go on, it was decided that it would go on the north side. I always thought P-​Patches were for the folks who live in the neighborhood. Wrong. Some people live here; not all of them do and if they do, they must be lazy asses who like to drive because cars are lined up and down the street when the P-​Patch is being worked on.
The playground is definitely modern and aligned with the current vision of Seattle Parks. However, I’m not sure that it was necessary. Bitter Lake Park is located 13 blocks to the South.
I am saddened by what has happened to my neighborhood. Instead of spending money on a P-​Patch and playground, I would have been much happier to have the sidewalks we were promised years ago. I still walk/​ride on the sidewalks and paths at the «park» and use the plaza that was part of the original structure. However, I don’t plan on using any of the new features. When I look over there, all I see is how much I miss my sledding hill.