Modern downtown needs

An impressive list of activities are forbidden in White Park of downtown Riverside, California, many of which are healthy outdoorsy stuff you might expect to be able to do in a park:

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• Roller Skates
• Roller Blades
• Scooters
• Bikes
• Skates or Skaters or perhaps SkateǷs using the obsolete letter Wynn from Old English

Gardening is also forbidden, usually identified as a healthy activity, but probably understandable in this context. ;) And how about Smoking affixed amongst the healthy stuff as an edit?

I am somewhat astounded by the omission of No Loitering. Perhaps it’s assumed.

Interesting too that the logo for the park has a closed gate on it. Here’s the actual entrance:

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Also at the entrance is this historical marker:

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White Park
– 1883 –

Named for Albert S. White, a city park commissioner who championed its development, White Park was Riverside’s first park. Established by private donations of land and labor, and set in town center in the tradition of the Spanish plaza, the park was deeded to the city in 1889. Reflecting the Victorian philosophy of eclectic and exotic plantings in park design, White Park has maintained its original character while adapting to modern downtown needs.

Cultural Heritage Board Landmark No. 57, City of Riverside.

Modern downtown needs apparently do not include getting any exercise in an ostensibly public park, unless it consists of promenading both modestly and discreetly, all the while careful not to break an indelicate sweat.