Marian Anderson Recreation Center

This neighborhood youth recreation center has a baseball/soccer field, playground, outdoor pool and fills a full city block.The outdoor basketball court has been renovated, and is open daily to everyone. It's a popular dog-walking destination especially in late afternoons and weekends. If you enjoy outdoor art, come to admire 3 large-scale murals celebrating sports, history and the arts. There's a 60-foot mural by Joshua Mays with 40 portraits honoring African-American contributions to baseball. The mural wraps around the Ryan Howard Youth Baseball training center. There is also a whimsical mural that wraps around the pool wall.There are no trash cans on the street surrounding the park,

We come here for the outdoor pool during the summer. I love that they provide various sized life jackets for kids and section off multiple parts of the pool for different ages and swim abilities- personally i think it's also so the the adults and older kids are not bothered in the deep end by all the younger ones splashing and boisterous screams. The pool is always clean and the crowd isn't rowdy. Another bonus is there is the rec center attached to it, as well as, basketball courts, a park and numerous others around.

Once the city opens the recreation centers it is a great neighborhood place for children and adults.