LEONARD QUART: Memories of Hampstead Heath and other London parks - The Berkshire Edge

LEONARD QUART: Memories of Hampstead Heath and other London parks - The Berkshire Edge

I have spent three to four full years and many summer weeks in London over my 86 years, and I know several of its parks intimately. The parks whose structure and life I knew best—Hampstead Heath, Regent’s Park—were bound mainly by upper-middle-class neighborhoods and were meticulously cared for. I must admit, however, that I have rarely visited parks in London’s low-income areas, so I don’t know how they are maintained and what happens when thei…