Disc Golf at Northside Park

I like urban parks. Central Park in New York City, Forest Park in St. Louis, and Kapiolani Park in Honolulu are three example of great urban spaces where people go to enjoy friends, family, activities, and just a little bit of being outside. Gainesville doesn’t have an urban park like the three I mentioned, but it does have some nice small parks. Northside Park, near the intersection of NW 34th Street and Highway 441, is one of Gainesville’s city parks. Northside is notable for a couple of things: it’s the site of the city’s only disc golf course, and it is apparently the ideal place to put a large retail center.

I decided to make my second soundslide project about Northside Park, with a particular emphasis on the disc golf course. The project was interesting to put together. I focused on the disc golf for two reasons — it’s a large part of what makes the park unique, and I wanted to try to get some “action” shots in. I ended up getting a few pretty good action shots, almost all of which were left out of the final project. I’ll post a few of them here over the next couple of weeks.

The sound, especially the natural sound on tape, was an adventure in itself. There’s a blog post coming on that, too, in the very near future. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy Northside Park in Gainesville, Florida.