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Rick Oshea May 20, 2013 at 05:17 pm
As has been pointed out here it was the park who called it off not the promoters. I think the park…Read More officials realized that had they had 90000 people in the meadow in the pouring rain it would have really destroyed the place and they would have had a hard time trying to defend putting on this event. And while the park and Superfly (dumb name) claimed the park had been restored after last years debacle I took pictures just a couple of weeks ago of all the bare spots still not grown back. That gully area in the southern end of the park, where they had that big stupid metallic pig Hammegedan (another dumb name) parked had basically a dirt road running through it. So anyone who says the park was brought back is either not looking or being disingenuous.
AJ May 20, 2013 at 02:53 pm
They also shut down the bars at 9:00pm on Friday night at the concert, stranding tons of us with…Read More unused tickets for bars that were not open. Had they told patrons, perhaps less of an issue. But I watched them sell $60 in tickets to a couple who then turned around to find out the bars were all closed. People were PO'd and the staff was completely unforgiving. A kind of FU attitude about the whole mess. We wont be back. They simply cant run an effective event.
D.B. May 20, 2013 at 12:18 pm
The Nethermead still shows damage from last year's GM. So does the Wellhouse Drive near the…Read More Nethermead. The damaged turf in both areas was reseeded but not protected adequately.
After several weeks of people playing soccer on the reseeded Nethermead areas, the park finally got around to staking them off. Due to dry weather and a poor reseeding method (very few seeds could be seen) the grass did not grow in well.
The Wellhouse Drive was not staked off. The park's garbage trucks and other vehicles drove over the reseeded area right away. This is why there is a wide strip of packed dirt next to the (newly paved) Drive.
I find this is typical of much of the work done in the park. There seems to be very little supervision, expertise and follow up.
One of my pet peeves is the indiscriminate dumping of wood chips on grassy areas, killing the grass. This seems to happen especially in the southern areas of the park. (Why was a mound of chips dumped over 2 months ago on a grassy area near the Rustic Shelter/West Drive? This area was staked off for about 2 years to regrow the grass!)
If there is damage to the grass, why not reseed instead of covering everything with wood/christmas tree chips (as was done near the Park Circle)?
For 2 years workers dumped chips on beautiful thick growing grass under the Willow Oak on the Peninsula. The chips were left in a pile and killed the grass. The mounds were eventually worn down by years of kids playing on them. Now you can see patches of wood chips where once grass grew.
P.S. Why does the park use Monsanto's Roundup? This herbicide is extremely toxic to humans and wildlife. A Prospect Park Alliance worker once told me that "the city makes them do it".... Really?
I am also concerned about the Lakeside year round roller/ice skating rink. I hope NO MUSIC will be played during the warm months. It will spoil large areas of the park.
Rick Oshea May 19, 2013 at 09:21 am
Nothing will stop hipsters from their pursuit of "artisanal offerings".
vincent romero May 17, 2013 at 03:35 pm
Always loved the feeling of the curtain closing right before you VOTE.
The Truth May 17, 2013 at 11:53 am
LOVE THE LEVER! ALWAYS FELT GOOD AND SECURE!!!! These new systems always feel iffy!
Clifford Dagrosa May 17, 2013 at 08:50 am
Great idea!!! There was nothing wrong with teh old machines, a person could not make a mistake.…Read More This "new" system feels third world marking a paper and tusting a scanner to read what? ANything can be rigged I trust the older machanical machine IT WAS NOT COMPLICATED!!!! This system is complicated!!!
Matt Vasgershan May 20, 2013 at 08:45 pm
Kodus to this woman and what she's accomplished. Retiring early is something many of wish we could…Read More do. However it is much easier done with no kids to care for. The article does not specify if she has children or not, but having two of my own and using the grass is greener on the other side philosophy, I sometimes marvel at how much $$$ I'd be able to put away if I didn't have kids. Reality is however, that no amount remotely comes close to the lifetime of memories , happiness and joy my kids have brought into my life. I wonder if she'd trade all she has now to have been able to experience the highs (and lows) of parenting.
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