I applaud your example, but "park between residencies and classroom" is exactly what I meant. It's nicing up the area that's being used daily by loads of people

I applaud your example, but "park between residencies and classroom" is exactly what I meant. It's nicing up the area that's being used daily by loads of people with a deliberate path. For me "park" usually means "recreational area that doesn't happen to intersect the main pathway". And if it does, yes, sure, please make the direct route accessible so not every bit of lawn is treated as a footpath. Maybe I'm more thinking older cities like where I live where they sometimes convert old graveyards not being used for 200 years and having many graves of well-known architects, inventors, etc to parks, but not in the "play football on the grass" parks, but shady paths to take a stroll and sit on a bench.