The $2.8 million improvement project, which will revamp the city's oldest park, is set to begin at the end of November.

Despite concerns regarding its shadow's impact on neighborhood recreation spaces, the development will move forward.

Rec & Parks and Planning will determine whether the nine-story development's impact on Gene Friend Recreation Center is appropriate for the neighborhood.

Rec & Parks and the Trust for Public Land are soliciting feedback on design concepts for a potential redesign of the 25-year-old rec center.

The canopy was overhanging the street, and the tops of semitrucks were hitting it.