The Commons — Attraction in Minneapolis

It's a decent park for how small it is. A pretty place to watch a sunset over the buildings or just hang out. Playground equipment seemed pretty clean and functional. Convenient to multiple restaurants. However, a restaurant nearby had a musician playing and the sound carried into the park very easily because of the proximity (good if you like the music, not so much if you're trying to have a conversation or the music isn't great). A few of the people in the park were begging or experiencing drug-related or behavioral conditions; nothing too alarming, but it was more noticeable than at other nearby green spaces like Gold Medal Park or some of the spots...

5/15/2018 Dogs are great. Off leash dogs are so not cool. If this was a giant park with tons of space I am totally cool with that. There is only about a half of a block of grass. I don't feel comfortable with all the folks brining dogs off leash here.

12/21/2018 My soul is constantly reborn at this place. You just went from a one star to a five star. Hopefully the community embraces the park because it can be so much more than a Vikings event center. This city needs...

The oasis in the middle of the city. Beautiful wide open space with cozy peripheral areas with seating and umbrellas for shade. There's a small splash pad, climbing structure and even a coloring station! Markers pencils and paper and books to read. Great progress has been made to keep this park growing and be useful for families . We had a picnic here and enjoyed ourselves for over an hour. Great to be able to grab a train from nicollet mall to enjoy this...