Seaside Heroes Park

Seaside Heroes Park is dedicated to three fallen soldiers who grew up in the local community.
For that alone, this neighborhood pocket park gets 5 stars.
The park stretches about one block & is bordered on both sides by residences. It’s a narrow space with a path down the center, and has grassy space, nice landscaping, and a kiddie play area.
The kids’ area includes a mini climbing wall, very cute. There’s soft synthetic ground cover to cushion any falls, a good idea.
The entire space appears to be about 3 acres. It’s a peaceful place despite its location by the busy intersection of Anza & Lomita. You can enter there, or via the main entrance at the opposite end of the park on Kathryn Ave.
I’d not noticed this park before yesterday, so I asked a man who was there with his little boy if the place was new,
He told me that the space was a dirt patch full of weeds until a couple years ago, when the City of Torrance built the little pocket park.
The landscaping is very attractive, indeed. But the grass looks like it sure could use some water before it turns completely to straw. And there are a ton of dandelions growing around the beautiful plants.
I hope the city keeps up with maintenance.
There’s a pocket park in my own neighborhood that is partially maintained by garden club volunteers who take care of the flower gardens, so that’s an option, too.
Parks are very special places to me, and have been since I was a kid enjoying my neighborhood Chicago parks. I can’t imagine what we kids would have done without our «main» park, where we climbed trees in summer and ice-​skated in winter when they flooded some of the grassy space.
Parks are important to many people as an essential part of everyday life.
So, all parks have heart.
One that is dedicated to fallen heroes has soul as well.