Fairbanks Park

I recently visited Fairbanks park in Terre Haute. The Fairbanks family doanted the land in 1916, which is now one of the largest parks in Terre Haute. It is located right off 3rd street. It is right off the banks of the Wabash River which was a beautiful sight to see. Many festivals and other recreational events take place at this park. There is also an amphitheater with a covered stage for concerts to take place. The annual Arts and music festival is located at this park in the summertime.

I felt that it was a very beautiful park, but much could be done to it to make the park more people friendly. There was a broken bridge in the water, which looked like it has never been fixed. I feel more people would visit the park if it had more landscaping and activities to do. If the town added a basketball court, that would attract more people. It is also very hidden. I had never heard of it until a Terre Haute resident mentioned it to me. It is very unknown to the public, and if it had more advertisement, more people could enjoy the park, especially college students.

I would enjoy coming to this park in the summertime. It was a nice place to visit and a different area for non-residents, like me, to visit.

Atlantis

Atlantis Aquatic Gardens is located in N. 13th street in Terre Haute.

I recently visited this shop and I noticed it was alot different than other pet shops. It sells fish, and other aquatic animals. There was even a parrot that could bark, meow, and hiss at the customers.

It has been around for awhile, but I noticed it wasn't as clean as it should have been. This pet shop is known for its history of having lions and cougars (not for sale, of course) but for viewing pleasure. I feel that the tanks were not very clean and the ponds could have alot more maintenance with them. It smelled like animals, which is expected of the "zoo" animals, but the look of the algae in the tanks were not very pleasurable. If this is an old exhibit in Terre Haute, they should be taking better care of it to please the customers and sell more. It was very enjoyable to look at, but I do not think I would purchase any fish from this store. It was much more different than the average pet store because of its massive ponds and ginormous fish. They even gave the customers an opportunity to feed the fish in the ponds. I feel this pet shop would be very enjoyable if it were more organized. The shop would definatley have more visitors and be more popular around Terre Haute. This is just another problem Terre Haute is facing with its bad reputation of being "dirty".