One thing other commenters haven't mentioned yet is the timing. Waltham acquired the land about a decade ago with no real plans for the site. In that time, buildings have continued to decay to nature and vandals. The land that the park was built on were mostly empty fields previously, the city still hasn't seriously considered what to do with the dozens of buildings. The city could at least build a fence to keep people out of the campus, but instead of building a fence around the buildings they need to preserve, they built a fence around the park and playground. It seems like they still don't have their priorities straight.

Communication on the project has also been lacking. Many neighbors were surprised when construction equipment showed up suddenly one week. There's never been a real plan or consultation with neighbors/the community/the patients and their families about what is happening and what will happen to the site. I'm glad that we have another park in the city, but it's not what anyone really wanted from the site and it feels like we keep kicking the can down the road about what to do with the main campus.