Frederick Law Olmsted Was A Super Cool Dude

Have you ever been strolling through Prospect Park, and you find yourself on the Lullwater Bridge overlooking the Boathouse? And you gaze out at the swans and then over at the waterfall (which MIGHT be a little nicer if there weren’t always a gaggle of teens licking each other in front of it, but I digress). Then suddenly your eyes glaze over and you imagine yourself standing on the bridge draped in a strapless Vera Wang wedding gown, and you’re exchanging vows with the HOT, questionably autistic FBI agent from A&E’s Criminal Minds?

I’ve never done this.

HOWEVS --- There is a man responsible for that American-Beauty-Paper-Baggy feeling that you get when walking through some of New York City’s finest parks. And someone made a documentary about him!

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We Don't Need No Geese, Let the MoFo's Burn!

Lilly Frances for Park Slope PatchSo there seems to be some buzz lately about the renewal of a contract that essentially enforces a government mandated genocide of NYC’s goose population. In fact, there was a gathering of protesters this weekend who all joined hands around the lake in Prospect Park ("Give Geese A Chance!") to stand up for these guys.

Back in June, The Department of Agriculture led about 400 Prospect Park Geese into their gas chambers, and apparently the goal this year is to remove ALL geese within a seven-mile radius of LaGuardia and JFK airports.

WHAT?!

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Enter Prospect Park At Your Own Risk

image via PLOGIf you don't get a ticket from a plain clothed officer for keeping your dog off-leash one minute past the 9am cut-off time, you'll likely get one for strolling into the Park at 1:35am. The dude above did.

THIS SHIT IS NOT ALLOWED, PPL.

Btchz like MIH Ventures get issued permits to turn the park into a gigantic garbage dump each and every summer, but dudes like local artist Daniel Goers get tickets for just fucking standing there wearing a stupid hat. The guy didn't even get a warning.

Between the goose gas chamber and now the late-night Prospect Park ticket blitzes, I'm glad to see our tax dollars are hard at work.

(PLOG via Gothamist)

COOL OR NOT COOL: Letting Your Vicious Rotweilers Bite Some Granny's Face in Prospect Park??

I'm just gonna go out on a limb here, and register a community wide vote of NOT FUCKING COOL.

On Saturday morn, Yuk Ho Chan was minding her own business and taking an early morn stroll in Prospect Park when out of nowhere, 2 Rottweilers ran over and started biting both her hands and her face. Apparently the dogs *were* on leashes, but the owner was not able to control them for some reason.

Chan was left bruised and bloodied and was taken to Methodist Hospital, where she was later released.

I've had my own run-ins from time to time with vicious dogs in the park, and I have to say, this annoys the living shit out of me. If you happen to have an agressive dog that can't be controlled, no problemo: JUST KEEP IT THE FUCK OUT OF THE PARK. And away from me and everyone else in this neighborhood.

(NY Post via Gothamist)

The Economy Has Fully Recovered! (Park Slope Edition)

Take a hard look at that picture at the Prospect Park again...

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