Belle Isle Neglect

**NSortzi** · May-15-21, 03:48 PM

Hamtragedy, FWIW the water slide at the beach was demolished 2-3 years ago. They had planned to reconnect both sides of the beach and add a splash pad there but it remains a concrete pad minus the slide.

**Hamtragedy** · May-15-21, 05:24 PM

Originally Posted by NSortzi

Hamtragedy, FWIW the water slide at the beach was demolished 2-3 years ago. They had planned to reconnect both sides of the beach and add a splash pad there but it remains a concrete pad minus the slide.

You're right. Hard to not notice the giant concrete slab and miss lack of slide. Does anyone know if the Chandler park slide is operational?... Yet for the season?

**Henry Whalley** · May-15-21, 05:48 PM

Originally Posted by Hamtragedy

Does anyone know if the Chandler park slide is operational?

Over a century ago, Chandler Park had many baseball fields. And taking the streetcars there to play amateur ball was a common pastime for men from all over town. I seem to recall reading about it in Burton's history of early Detroit, which is available electronically from gutenberg.org.