Daly Field is not the jewel of the state’s public park system. It is patchy and weedy. Wan goal posts seem set to keel over. Geese have their way with the place.
The 8.6 acres along the Charles in Brighton are fairly ugly. But not as ugly as the slippery way this public land has been essentially turned over to a private institution. That has been a study in the lameness of laws protecting our shared open spaces.
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Thank you for casting light on this. This park, even in its state of neglect, was available for PUBLIC use. Call it a lease now, but essentially this land is gone during the times anyone would want to use it. Simmons could have bought open space anywhere, but of course taking the public's for a cheap price is easier. Don't forget they also tried to slip in a boathouse without any public review. Shame on Moran and Patrick for bending at the will of Simmons's influential lobbyist.
just wait until the the town of Essex sells its only waterfront to the private well-heeled vacationers who have managed to vote in Essex so to manipulate the process for themselves. Article 97 has become a joke.
This is just another private univesity/college taking public land away--A use/rebuild compromise, without a longterm 99 year lease--like Harvard/MIT/BU have gotten to steal Public Property, should be worked out--Benefitting the community and helping the colleges. If Colleges and other non profits paid taxes like everyone else we would be able to have and provide decent Parks and services. Start taxing the phony non-profits!!!!!!!!!!!
Indeed! And start taxing the for-profits too! The mayor and governor give away hundreds of millions of dollars every year for corporate welfare that accomplishes absolutely nothing -- except fatten their campaign coffers -- and then they paper it over by pretending these give-aways created jobs, which of course is not true. We could easily care for our parks, libraries, schools, public transit, roads and bridges, human services -- the public domain would be a palace of the people -- if the politicians didn't give away our money and land to the cronies and funders who keep them in office. Let's make corporate welfare -- and that includes institutions and other "charitable' non-profits" -- a litmus test at voting time. Elect people who will use our money properly -- for our public services. Throw out the ones who won't.
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The only part of you article that is accurate is that now the geese own the park. Where was the concern when Community Boating took the adjacent lot? Obviously anyone one with a desire to be near that gem of a river has found another place to go.