With over 140 parks in their jurisdiction, the City of San José has their work cut out for them when it comes to upgrading these facilities to current safety and access requirements. Callander Associates is fortunate to have assisted the City with many of these efforts. At Lone Hill park, as at other facilities, the goal has always been to go beyond the ‘basic requirements’ and take the opportunity to look at the entire park, it’s context, and the opportunities and constraints that reveal themselves. Park access and safety issues were addressed by complete redesigns of the play areas, the removal and replacement of the existing restroom and the creation of accessible paths of travel through the park. Beyond these basic improvements the park has been improved by the sensitive addition of plantings to provide a greater sense of place. The incorporation of indigenous boulders into the central seating area draw on and enhance the natural character of the site. The addition of paths responding to the ‘desire lines’ that have been described in the landscape through years of use by the community add logical connections. Public workshops held on site helped flush out the program and insured that the facility that was returned to the Community was significantly better than it was before.