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SA n l as /0.0 <br />SAINT PAUL PIONEER PRESS <br />• <br />• <br />• <br />SUBURBS <br />CRAIG BORCK/ PIONEER PRESS <br />Drake Bell, foreground, and Rick Clascan work on a new center In Han- <br />son Park in New Brighton. The 2,200-square-foot buildings feature <br />vaulted ceilings, knotty -pine paneling, gas fireplace and lots of w1h.. <br />dows. The centers can be used for Scout meetings, family reunions, <br />card or book clubs and neighborhood groups. <br />NEW BRIGHTON/ROSEVILLE <br />New park buildings to open <br />Designs said playful, <br />versatile, welcoming <br />for 2 nearby cities <br />CYNTHIA BOYD sTAFF wRIrER <br />Welconiing, playful designs and <br />increased versatility charac- <br />terize city park structures opening <br />this month in New Brighton and <br />Roseville. <br />In New Brighton, community <br />and utility are the ideas behind <br />the design of four $250,000 build- <br />ings that have replaced deteriorat- <br />ing 1960s,.precast concrete sheds <br />that provided simple .shelter for <br />skaters in winter and for young- <br />sters involved with recreation pro- <br />grams in summer. <br />"They were bomb shelters," at <br />least in appearance, said Maurie <br />Anderson, director of New <br />Brighton's Parks and Recreation <br />Department. The replacement <br />buildings at Totem Pole, Sunny <br />Square, Freedom and � Hansen <br />parks will serve more as small <br />neighborhood centers, he said. <br />Tha ilia, moo 11o" o44asnn4 1n <br />Highway 8; and Hansen Park on <br />Fifth Street, about three blocks <br />west of Old Highway 8. <br />The building projects are part of <br />a broader $2.4 million renovation <br />effort this year in New Brighton <br />parks and include a skate board <br />area at Freedom Park, playground <br />equipment, pedestrian trails, light- <br />ing and retaining wall projects. <br />In Roseville, the idea was to <br />create provocative structures as <br />"multi -use as possible," said Bob <br />Bierscheid, the city's parks and <br />recreation director. "We told <br />(architects) we wanted something <br />that would be _ a discussion point, <br />something different, something <br />that the community would say,. <br />`This is not your run-of-the-mill <br />building,' " he said. <br />Apparently, they succeeded.' <br />"We've had some people say these <br />are the ugliest facilities they've <br />seen," Bierscheid said. Others like <br />the angular structures that look <br />like two pods under one roof with <br />an open space similar to a carport <br />between; he said. <br />The 2,000-square-foot shelters <br />that went up at Acorn Park at <br />