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Urban wilds on Roslindale/Hyde Park line could get clean up, trail markers
By adamg on Thu, 06/30/2016 - 9:53am
In Sherrin Woods.
The Bulletin reports the city is looking to spruce up Sherrin Woods by putting in trail markers, creating a rock-climbing area - and clearing out all the yard waste neighboring residents have been dumping in the woods for years.
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Isnt this in Hyde Park?
This is great news for Both Hyde Park and Roslindale, isnt Sherrin woods entirely in Hyde Park However? http://www.cityofboston.gov/parks/urbanwilds/SherrinStreetWoods.asp
The southern end, yes
The northern end comes out on Dale Street, which, while historically part of the old town of Hyde Park, is now basically part of Roslindale. I'll fix the headline.
Playgorund
Wouldn't it be great to also fix up the Dale Street Playground, too? We have so few playgrounds in Roslindale.
That would be cool, but ...
Isn't that playground owned by the state, not the city? At least it used to be, for reasons that no doubt were truly, truly important 50 years ago.
Correct
That's a DCR park. It's not like DCR has been shy about installing playgrounds on its other properties, though.
Oh, true, but ...
This is such an odd little thing. Think of other DCR properties with playgrounds: Castle Island, Artesani Park, and they're all pretty big and used by lots of people and then you've got this tiny little playground (and two tennis courts and two or three picnic tables), pretty much in the middle of nowhere, DCR-wise, that almost nobody uses and you wonder how DCR even remembers it still owns this bit of land, let alone why it owns it, and maybe that explains the current playground, which consists of four swings and a kind of sad slide that, honestly, ends way too high off the ground for a toddler (and with this weird sort of tongue thing that looks like it was meant to fit into an extension that somebody forgot to buy or ran out of money for or something).
If only the state could hand it over to the city, which has lots of expertise in creating neighborhood-scale playgrounds - in a neighborhood, that as we know, doesn't have a lot of them.
DCR
The last refuge of the patronage scoundrel. I'll never understand how in this modern age we can't simply roll many DCR properties into the city, such as the Southwest Corridor, these woods, etc... There are so many needless inefficiencies in this state due to various little government fiefdoms and it's a waste.
Not disagreeing with you, but ...
Sherrin Woods are owned by the city. It's just the sad little playground and tennis courts the state owns.
It would probably cost you more as a Boston resident
If DCR gave control over all those properties (including roads) to the City. In the long rung it would be more effecient for everyone, but initially it would cost more to tax payers.
Take a close look at the middle rock
The graffiti says "SYRIA"
I've been in these woods more and more. They're a great spot, but a little more TLC would be good. The city's summer crew did a lot of work there a few years back.
Cool
If they clean it up like Nira Rock in JP it should be a great addition to the neighborhood.