Parks are for all, not just paying festivalgoers | Letters

Events companies fence off public spaces to use as cheap concert venues and leave lasting damage, writes Victor Pace, while Paul Keeling says noise levels are getting worseEmma Warren, who is quoted in your article (What are public parks for? Inside the debate sparked by London festival row, 24 May), could not be more wrong when she says the Protect Brockwell Park campaign is about “a small number of people trying to limit a larger number of people’s access to space”. Parks are open to everyone, all year round, except during the weeks leading up to and during such festivals.For centuries, local parks have preserved the sanity of parents with young children, allowed children to meet each other and create play with the simplest of means, and permitted elderly people a break from the loneliness of being stuck at home. Parks need preserving because they are egalitarian and provide a meeting space that helps build communities. Continue reading...

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