  Adamjab19 Member Username: Adamjab19 Post Number: 675 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 24.192.148.148 |
at the the sidewalks of DPL. WTF? Me and my friends go to the the north lawn and hang out and play catch with the football on our lunch hour. We went there today and there are gates at each entrance. We walked over the little shrubs and 15 minutes later, as we suspected, a security gaurd came out and told us to leave! We weren't being loud just running around a little. Those lawns are huge and then they just blocked them off for apparently no ones use. the green space in midtown just decreased as far as I am concerned. | ||
Bussey Member Username: Bussey Post Number: 177 Registered: 12-2003 Posted From: 69.220.232.174 |
what a waste | ||
Viziondetroit Member Username: Viziondetroit Post Number: 529 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 68.42.176.190 |
I was there for a meeting and wondered why there were metal gates between bushes lol | ||
Aiw Member Username: Aiw Post Number: 5616 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 64.228.197.51 |
As a side note, what's with the jail type fences on the lawn around the new YMCA along Farmer St? They look like crap. | ||
Chris_rohn Member Username: Chris_rohn Post Number: 247 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 69.212.35.215 |
Those are there so the little kids in the day care don't go running into the street. It's better than chain link, i suppose. | ||
1953 Member Username: 1953 Post Number: 873 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 209.104.146.146 |
Helps keep the homeless off the lawns. They might eat the grass. | ||
L_b_patterson Member Username: L_b_patterson Post Number: 303 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.213.152.151 |
^does that qualify as urban farming? | ||
Wirt Member Username: Wirt Post Number: 27 Registered: 12-2005 Posted From: 64.243.32.9 |
It reminded me of Los Angeles when I saw it over the weekend. In LA, pretty much anything that resembles a civic front lawn is fenced off due to homeless people etc. I always thought the lawns of the Library and DIA were symbols of an open and accessible city. | ||
Bvos Member Username: Bvos Post Number: 1512 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 66.238.170.33 |
Maybe Curtis Granderson's dad took over has head of landscaping at the Main Branch: http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll /article?AID=/20060611/SPORTS0 2/606110619/1050/SPORTS02 | ||
Rocket_city Member Username: Rocket_city Post Number: 61 Registered: 04-2006 Posted From: 141.217.214.203 |
I don't mind the new gates, but they should be open during the day. I suppose they'd be closed after dark to keep out the homeless. Speaking of homeless, the Cathedral of St. Paul has seen a huge influx of homeless this summer. | ||
Adamjab19 Member Username: Adamjab19 Post Number: 683 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 141.217.19.51 |
Well the gates were open today so my friends and I went to go play catch and sure enough about 30 minutes into it the security gaurd came out asking us to leave the yard. I asked if it was just us playing football that they didn't want or everyone, even, someone eating lunch, and sure enough he said no one is to be on the yard. | ||
Jasoncw Member Username: Jasoncw Post Number: 185 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 67.149.141.170 |
So what's the whole thing with those black metal fences in general? They make whatever parking lot look like a prison. I don't see how they provide actual protection either, since the fences have openings for people and cars to go through. Real security fences with real gates protecting parking lots for an apartment building are one thing (and not a bad thing) but I don't get the other ones. |
