I saw this coming. Back in
April of last year I came across a bit of greenspace next to the courthouse, bounded on three sides by North Magnolia, East Livingston and North Rosalind Avenue. It was a small one acre park. It was notable for all of the big old oaks that gave it a lot of cool shade. Unfortunately, it had started to go to seed a bit, and there was a for-sale sign on the Rosalind Avenue side. It didn't look good.
I photographed it, filed it away for later, and continued on with life. Then, sometime around December, when I started to go to RDV for physical training, I happened to spot a crane over the general vicinity. When I got there today I found the beginning of a
$63 million 23 story luxury apartment complex. Gone were all the old oaks, all the cool shade.
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| The park from April 2012 |
There's not much more that I can say that the photos can't convey better than I can write. There is, however, one more important fact to this story. Out of the acre of land on which this apartment is being shoe-horned, the developers are generously donating 0.12 acres (yes, 0.12 acres) back for a "pocket park." Green-washing at its finest.
Technical
I used the E-M5 with the Panasonic 14mm, the E-PL2 with the Leica 25mm for today's photos. For the older photos I used the venerable E-P2 with the M.Zuiko 17mm.
Who is selling a park without anyone stepping in?
ReplyDeleteHere, there are riots over felled trees to build a railway station and in general, germans are considered very law-abiding. They will loose anyway, but thats not the point.
(Do a google by picture with "Stuttgart 21" and you will see)
I found this: Stuttgart - a city in conflict. We have nothing like that here in Orlando. Instead we have lethargy, and a lot of money changing hands.
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