Keep park tidy

July 3, 2009

Dear Sir,

I am writing this letter to congratulate the Corporation of Hamilton on the completion of the beautiful new Wesley Park on the corner of Wesley and Church Streets.

While it is very pleasing to the eye and it seems what was intended was to brighten up a rather dreary corner of the parking lot it has, unfortunately, already become the new home for a certain group of men who, whether they are homeless or not, should not be allowed to remain there. There are already empty liquor bottles laying around, camouflaged in brown paper bags and burnt out cigarette butts on the ground.

My hope is that seating is NOT put in this park as it will only become a magnet for the mischievous and this does not leave a wonderful lasting impression on anyone, especially for tourists.

Another concern that I have is that the position of the walk and railings on the Wesley Street side. To actually cross the Zebra crossing one has to step out onto the road as the wall has been built on either side of a lovely tree and blocks access to the crossing from directly in front of the sidewalk. It is rather difficult to explain without actually seeing it for oneself. I only hope that no one is injured at this junction as a result of such poor planning.

I would like to add one final note… I just took another walk to the Wesley Park at about 4.45 p.m. to admire the Chesley Trott sculpture and was happy to see that someone from the Corporation of Hamilton has cleaned up the empties and cleaned the cigarettes off the ground and the hang-abouts are not there, for now. I imagine that they will be back later this evening. Who knows! They might also bring along their own seating!

NOT FOR THE PIGEONS

Hamilton