Pullman Area Parks

PULLMAN AREA PARKS

Sunnyside Park

Historical Information

Sunnyside Park is located just west of downtown Pullman and is the home of a yearly 4th of July celebration. Construction of the park began in 1972 and was completed in 1974. Funded by the city and Department of Housing and Urban Development, development of the park was to take place in three phases. Phase I included the construction of a service building, restrooms, a car lot, 2 tennis courts, a playfield, underground irrigation, a "tot lot," and the planting of approximately 200 trees. Phase II developed a second parking lot, a 1/2 acre duck and fishing pond, a small waterfall and bridge. In Phase III, additional grass seeding, tot lot equipment, a deer enclosure, more paths, shrubs and trees, and a picnic area were added. The park is an extension of a public baseball field completed entirely by volunteers and the Pullman Lion's Club in 1961.

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Parks "But like suburban lawns and gardens or scenic roads, parks of all kinds are cultural landscapes" (Alexander Wilson,The Culture of Nature).
While valued for its "natural" surroundings, (nature paths, open spaces, flora and fauna) Sunnyside Park is an excellent example of the cultural creation of nature.

pond The park's human-constructed "duck and fishing pond" provides visitors with a certain socially constructed experience of the natural.

spath2 This experience of the natural is further defined in a walk through the park's nature trails, leading visitors through an experience guided and constructed by cultural values.

spath3 This particular experience reflects the cultural values of a natural environment as isolated and contained within a typical "wilderness" setting.

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	"But like suburban lawns and gardens or scenic roads, parks of all kinds are cultural landscapes" (Alexander Wilson,The Culture of Nature). While valued for its "natural" surroundings, (nature paths, open spaces, flora and fauna) Sunnyside Park is an excellent example of the cultural creation of nature.
	The park's human-constructed "duck and fishing pond" provides visitors with a certain socially constructed experience of the natural.
	This experience of the natural is further defined in a walk through the park's nature trails, leading visitors through an experience guided and constructed by cultural values.
	This particular experience reflects the cultural values of a natural environment as isolated and contained within a typical "wilderness" setting.