by Jen G 
Have you seen the giant “Where’s Our Park?” banner on Franklin St on a fenced off piece of grassy shoreline near No. 14th St? Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park are pretty pissed off because Mayor Bloomberg promised a park there but has not followed through, according to DNAinfo. There was a rally downtown yesterday demanding answers.
I say, “Where Is Our Nature?”It’s actually right there behind that…
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That was the dumbest thing I ever read. If there was a way that I could put an IQ lien on this website, i most certainly would.
Yes, let’s have a bird sanctuary in one of the most developed places in the world, while an entire community barely has any open space.
Please – continue to sell ad space and write about art and food. Leave the politics and policy to others.
This isn’t political. It’s asking that wildlife in NY to be considered when making parks and it’s asking that a tiny area of the large proposed space is left as is.
I’m going to agree. I love going by that space as it is now. I love having that wild space there.
Unbelievable up there is, well, unbelievable. Yes, let’s keep out all dissenting opinions out of political and policy discourse and if someone dares to disagree, let’s call them stupid! What an idiot.
And Jen, maybe you should make it political. I’m sure we’re not the only ones who would like to preserve some wild space in the city.
Thanks Dee. Let’s start a petition!