Jill Rants and Raves: state bark

These photographs are just a few I have taken over the last ten years at The Albany Bulb, also known as the Landfill, the Waterfront and just The Bulb. It is a place I feel passionate about. That much is obvious. There are many of us who believe that this piece of the much hyped Eastshore State Park should have been left untouched and unmanaged - because it is a unique example of what happens when a place naturally and organically self regulates. But the dogma of 'preservation' and 'conservation areas' 'resource protection', 'habitats' and 'liability' overrules all individual identity. They cannot leave anything untouched, un-designed. It is as if if they (the park planners) didn't make it, it has no value. Rules, guidelines, regulations, interpretive signage, fences, safety, sanctioned art - it leaves nothing to the imagination. That is what the landfill meant to us - a place of unlimited imagination.

March 27, 2009

state bark

I got a call yesterday evening from someone who couldn't stop laughing - they were looking, they told me, at a redecorated sign at my beloved Albany Waterfront Park. Just as the sun was easing out of the sky (where does it go when it goes down???) I arrived with my trusty little point and shoot....
I won't bore you with all the details about why State Parks need to be softening their regulations on dogs in certain parks. For now, just laugh along with the wit who came up with this....