Parkers Piece? What is that?

To me parkers piece has a definite meaning because I know what it is, but to someone who doesn't then it could mean a few things, so to clarify, way back in the 1600s a bloke called Robert Parker had this bit of land and its a miracle its still just an area of grass with foot paths intersecting it. So parkers piece isnt parkers wig, or his gun, or who knows what else.Anyway I said there was history associated with it but its very boring really,ive staggered across it a few times late at night going from one pub to another, I spent the last hour or so of 1999 there, a very miserable occasion to say the least, and I never did like that prince song but of course it had to be played just before midnight, hes been partying like its 1999 since 1984 so when 1999 actually arrived it just seemed like a lazy idea to play it, and to party like it was 1999 surely wouldnt be as good when it actually was 1999. One sort of interesting thing about the piece is that there had been plans to have an underground car park there so the surface wouldnt be affected, I really like that idea but oh no they had to knock half of the city center down instead and put one of those ugly multi storey car parks up, that was 1972. Well, they've just demolished that car park in the last few months, good riddance I say but it doesnt bring back all the character that used to be there, and who knows what kind of monstrosity is going to rise from the ashes.