{"id":12258,"date":"2015-02-28T23:03:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-01T04:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/challengedetroit.org\/blog\/ifeanyinwachukwu\/?p=38"},"modified":"2015-02-28T23:03:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-01T04:03:00","slug":"lollo-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/lollo-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Lollo Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

This past Friday we just started a new challenge working with the Detroit Collaborative Design Center, helping with a bunch of initiatives for the Fitzgerald neighborhood. This historic neighborhood is home to both Marygrove College and University of Detroit Mercy. It is also home to Lollo Park, a great community park that is in the process of adding so many great and new features. My team is tasked with generating ideas to lay the groundwork for a park committee that will run the park for years to come. This got me thinking about names, and the history of longstanding parks and community spaces. So I took to the internet and found out the story behind the name. Check it out.<\/p>\n

\"lollo\"<\/a><\/p>\n

We can never know, perhaps Nathan Lollo lived by this principle.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nadalino [Nathan] P. Lollo was born in 1915 to immigrant parents \u2013 Valerio and Lucy.\u00a0 He was the second of four children growing up in a Detroit Italian family.\u00a0 Nathan graduated high school and served for 5 years in the Army during World War II.\u00a0 He worked as a driver for the City of Detroit Parks and Recreation Department.<\/p>\n

FATEFUL FRIDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Friday, September 26, 1952 Nathan and his brother Joseph were driving to the bowling alley where they participated in a league.\u00a0 Joe lived right around the block from Nathan.\u00a0 Traffic at the corner of Coyle and Fenkell was heavy.\u00a0 \u00a0Nathan noticed a man standing on the corner waving a white cane.\u00a0 This blind man looked indecisive about crossing; Nathan did the right thing.\u00a0 He told his brother to pull over so he could help the blind man cross the street.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was always thinking of others\u201d, remarked Joe after the accident. \u00a0Just as Nathan and his charge \u2013 Mr. Takach \u2013 \u00a0passed \u00a0Joe\u2019s parked vehicle, a drunk driver emerged from around the corner and struck the pair.\u00a0 Mr. Takach was seriously injured; Nathan was pronounced dead at Mount Carmel Mercy Hospital.<\/p>\n

\"memorial\"<\/a>Nathan Lollo was a 36 year old everyday hero. He left behind his siblings, parents, and wife Frances.\u00a0 \u00a0He is remembered with a small children\u2019s playground located on Puritan at the corner of Cherrylawn in Northwest Detroit, that is now titled \u201cLollo Park\u201d<\/p>\n

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This is a random piece of history we might take for granted. I do not know how we will incorporate this past into the future prospects or opportunities, but I always believe there is value in knowing and understanding history.<\/p>\n

We are not makers of history. We are made by it.<\/p>\n

-MLK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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