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Quincy Quarry has long seen its hard-hitting to the stones exposés followed by corrective actions by those so exposéd.
For more basic and readily addressed problems that never should have occurred in the first place anyway as well as as looks to have yet again occurred given a recent exposing by Quincy Quarry News.
In this instance, Quincy Quarry exposéd the woeful lack of care of a small landscaped city space on Pond Street near the Goodwill Store on Southern Artery five weeks ago that was supposedly adopted by a private party who then neglected its maintenance.
One of the healthy trees cut down recently along Washington Street
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Now, however, it has been both weeded and topped with fresh wood chips even if late in the growing season.
Coincidence? Yah, right.
Also, by whom or at least by whose instigation who the Q knows?
(Answer, QQ knows!)
Now if only the City of Quincy’s Natural Resources Department would take care of street side trees planted in recent years at taxpayers expense instead of cutting down the healthy ones.
In short, as well as yet again, Only in Quincy …
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You know, I was wrooooong about the plantings by Pageant field. They are dying. That is negligence or just cheap plants. Maybe they should tip over the coffee pot in that maintenance bldg.
The entire project is crap.
Marie,
The new paved walking loop at Merrymount is not half bad. Now, if only Parks peeps would show DPW workers how to lay asphalt.
Johnson
FYI: a Quincy Quarry exposé on shortcomings on the work at Merrymount will be hitting the fan shortly.
Nature can be enhanced, if done correctly. Things were growing there well before, all they had to do is take down old and put in new. I use that walking path a lot. Good job. They shouldn’t mess with that amphitheater, the Beatles are playing there soon.
Enhanced? Then it isn’t nature anymore. Get it?
Do you consider a PAVED walking loop to be “nature”?
Louie,
Totally understand. At the same time a paved walkways in parks do work for parents pushing strollers as well as seniors with walkers.
And as for more natural trails, I am down with pressing the O’Connells” feet to the fire so as see them FINALLY provide the LONG contractually obligated public access for hikers through Granite Links Golf Course to the Blue Hills on land leased to them by the City of Quincy for short money.
I’m not arguing those points, it’s just that Johnson doesn’t have a clue what he’s talking about. We are, after all, in an urban environment and true examples of nature are valuable. They cannot be “improved” upon. Nature trails may afford access to and take us through natural areas — but they are not nature. And destroying the trees and bushes on the hillside have not added to nor enhanced Quincy’s natural areas in any way.
And we can’t forget to mention how healthy and hearty the weeds are in the “planters” that the city never bothered to plant with decorative plants or shrubs.