Candleverde Park

I wouldn’t really call this a dog park. Dogs are allowed and there are no playgrounds so I could see why people would call this a dog park but it is not gated off. I went there earlier today and it seems that the people who go aren’t very mindful of their dog’s refuse. I saw three lumps of poo. Perhaps the city can install some fences and have some poo bags on hand. This would be a perfect location to have a dog park. Lakewood City, please fix it up!

Frankly, I’m surprised there’s a page for Candleverde and that there are already pictures for it. It’s just one of those patches of grass you drive by and think nothing of.
I’m not sure how long it’s been called «Candleverde,» but it got the sign with that name (a portmanteau of Candlewood and Palo Verde, which intersect there) only a few years ago.
There used to be a concrete playground there that looked like it was made of terra cotta, but it disappeared not long before they put in the new sign. The park is essentially a triangular strip of land with a few trees and several high tension towers, buzzing wires hanging over the lawn below. The wires also run over the community garden (on Candlewood across from the park) and the bonsai tree nursery on Palo Verde.
You hardly ever see anyone here. Short of people cutting across it while walking their dogs, I don’t think I’ve seen anyone here for any other reason.