Benepe said that the "unfriendly" asphalt yards would be removed for a synthetic turf field and rebuilt basketball courts, handball courts and exercise equipment.

When fully completed in 2012, the park will offer rolling hills, civic plazas, a bicycle path, restored marshland, 2 large playing fields for soccer, field hockey, softball, cricket and football, six basketball courts, 10 handball courts, two volleyball courts, an in-line hockey rink, three tennis courts, three playgrounds and open lawns for lounging.

The resulting hybridized duet, an intense aural patchwork of heartrending love and loss, was sung by a tenor and soprano in two disused outdoor handball alleys divided by a wall that blocked each singer from the other's view.