.111611116111111;., ss`;;4, ttl%111111r gleb ice rat March 6, 1992 P°Vol. 21 No. 3 Residents working to restore Central Park BY DIANE MCINTYRE While City budgets for tree planting and Park Neighbours of Central maintenance have suffered Park met on Tuesday evening in recent weeks, resi- February 25 with City of dents left the "Trees, Ottawa arborist Brian Trees, Trees for Central Smith to collaborate on Park" meeting Tuesday the restoration of what evening with a sense that was once a tree-lined park there was some hope for of gardens and benches. Central Park. Brian Residents of Renfrew and Smith, City of Ottawa Parks Co- Rosebery Avenues talked ordinator said that the about what the park was like City will draw up plant- 50, 20 and 10 years ago be- ing plans, allow resi- fore it was allowed to de- dents to plant trees generate to its current and plant and maintain sorry soggy state. the flower bed at Bank Let me take you back to Street (which was to be when Central Park was an sodded this year). island of green in the midst There was also some dis- of the City. Lined with cussion about the poten- Carolina Poplars and, Photo: Diane McIntyre tial for city supervision fragrant Mock Orange, Honey- and equipment for neigh- suckle, and Spirea bushes Central Park as it appears in the Spring. bourhood park maintenance the park was graced with work parties. Brian gave eight large flower gardens us hope that this summer planted with spring bulbs its flower beds, lost many summer closed with "We residents that want to and summer annuals. The giant trees (Some had trunks believe this is a serious help Central Park will park was a place where 6' across). Offers by environmental issue that not face the bureaucratic ---people could stroll or rest neighbours on Renfrew and must be addressed immedia- roadblocks previously faced. on benches and feel re- Rosebery to plant replace- tely." But, the park was If you'd like to be part moved from the bustle of ment trees were refused in the process of being of this neighbourhood im- Bank Street. No buildings by the then owners, the transferred last year and provement activity please could be seen from the park. .C.CC. The park was left to this process served the contact me at 234-6418, Children had a dry place decay because the NCC had procrastinators. The City Elaine Marlin GCA En- to play catch or tag. Fam- shifted their priorities of Ottawa acquired the vironmental Committee ilies hosted croquet parties to their "federal assets" Central dilapidated Park Chair 234-2233 or Bob and had picnics on the from their "City-like as- part a in late 1991 as of Harrison 230-1536 and lawns. Groups played Bocci sets." The park deterior- that pro- land trade deal come to the Glebe Com- Ball. It was still a spe- ated to its current state vided the infamous Triple munity Association An- cial peaceful place when I where it lies submerged in A baseball lands. Re- nual General Meeting in moved uo Renfrew Avenue water well into the summer sidents understand that a May to meet us, talk twelve years ago - you ,,or the past two years condition of the transfer about parks, and see a could still sit on the grass, ducks have nested in the of Central Park was that film on Urban Forests. we had picnics and street marsh-like environment. the space was to be main- parties where we all played Seagulls flock to the tained as park land and soccer...but not now. waters. A petition signed not ever used for de- INSIDE Central Park has lost by over 100 residents last velopment. Letters 3 and 5 Recycling GCA 8 Do you have a reminder Capital Column .. 12 favourite tree? Art 16 The Glebe Community Centre Fine Paper Recycling Tell us about it in Depot Words 17 continues to be well used. prose or poetry, with a The following paper is Cryptic photo or a drawing. ACCEPTABLE: white paper, The Glebe Community As- Crossword 18 (printed, photocopied, hand sociation would like to written or blank) Health 19 display what you send in light colored paper at the Annual General Meet- (light School pink, blue, green, yellow) ing on May 13th at 7:30 computer News 20 - 25 in the Glebe Community paper stapled Centre. paper is OK. NOT ACCEPTABLE: Drop off your tree des- dark paper (blue, strong Quote of the Morith criptions at: If there comes a little thaw, pink, etc.), construction Puggwash Books, 801 Still the air is chill and raw, paper, envelopes, newspaper, Bank Street. Here and there a patch of snow, glossy paper (magazines, Thorne & Co., 802 Bank Dirtier than the ground below, brochures, fax paper), The Glebe Community Dribbles down a marshy flood; cardboard, glue, tape, "Post Association letter box Ankle-deep you stick in mud it" stickers, telephone at the Glebe Community In the meadows while you sing, books, carbon paper, paper Centre's main desk. "This is Spring" bags, paper clips, elastic By Jacqueline Palumbo C.P. Cranch bands. A Spring Growl N EWS Brownie and Guide news Brownies of Lansdowne Dist- rict celebrated Thinking Day on Wednesday, February 19 at Fraser Hall of Glebe-St. James Church. The party celebrating the birthdays of founders Lord and Lady Baden- Powell featured awards, games, campfire songs and cupcakes. Pictured upper left are (1 to 0 Kristine Bourgeois, Gillian Brooks, Saskia Vanderloo and Jessica Button. These six- year-olds received awards for making cookie posters. Pictured lower left are Elaine MacNabb and Hartley Butler-George of the 123rd Pack. Pictured on the right is Elaine MacNabb presenting a prize to Alexandra Heinsjo- Jackson for her cookie poster. 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Even person guess the extent to interests, and stuck by his You have to have a sense Jay Stone, the Citizen's which our City Council position with class and of humour to live in the "DoktoL Kultur", though would consistently and over humour, through a lot of Glebe! obviously somewhat uncomf or- time display such contempt abuse and whipped-up hysteria. Last month, going innocent- table in his choice, de- for its own by-laws, espec- All in all an amazing cided the risks of ly about our various bus- political ially those intended to scene. I suppose it all found incorrectness were too great iness, we suddenly help maintain the liva- points to a primitive human and and joined in the ourselves under public feeding bility of the city core. need in some quarters, es- vituperative attack by those frenzy. This is a bit of a good pecially among the lesser great cultural arbiters of The Councillors who op- news - bad news story. The media and politicians in the Ottawa scene, Earl posed extending the concert bad news is that our new this city, to create an art- "Boobs" MacRae, Claire Roy, hours were defending the Council is no tmprovement ificial enemy - preferably and Councillor Mark "Elvis rights of many communities: on its lamentable prede- some kind of class enemy - Lives!" Maloney. Amazingly, Ottawa South, Centretown, cessor when it comes to as a target for their venom. this Pavlovian response was Ottawa East, Alta Vista, flip-flops, verbal abuse And we're it. It's a dirty unleashed before a single etc... But good old "Granola of part of its citizenry, job, neighbours, but some- Glebite had even had the Heights" got all the blame and contempt for its own body's got to do it. to open his or and I suppose we should opportunity by-laws. In spite of denials, And finally, one wonders her mouth on the subject, consider it an honour to it will be difficult for how Councillor Maloney's was City be so singled out! which Council's Council not to create a neighbours on Island Park proposal to permit the City's Our abusers again trotted precedent by this action - would react to such cas- noise by-law to be waived out that tired old line a pity they could not com- ual flouting of the by- for of a about Glebites having known the evening possib- prehend this point.