Residential streets shouldn’t be bypassed
Woodland Park sits at the north end of Woodland Avenue. Now a picturesque place for locals and tourists to gather and play year-round, it was originally the town’s only wooded area according to the Montana National Register Sign Program. Children didn’t gather. Families stayed away. That’s because over 100 years ago mosquitos were legion and transients — hopping on and off the freight trains constantly moving through the town — scared residents away. When the railroad stopped bisecting the city, the surrounding area — anchored by the Conrad Mansion — became one of the primary residential spaces of the city and the park morphed into a gathering place for friends and family.
In fact, that is what Woodland Avenue has long been — a place for friends and families. This street isn’t for or made up by the rich, as Mr. Rold wrote in his Aug. 11 letter to the editor. It is for everyone.
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