The above “scenes seen” (clockwise from top left)
And yesterday, Columbia’s River Park offered much of what parks can on a beautiful sunny day: Serenity, respite and relaxation in the arms of nature. The old fire station on North Fourth Street brandishes a FOR LEASE sign. Another “proper-tunity” that was purchased in April of this year for $113,000. In February, 2012, “Lancaster County Tax Claim Bureau and Doolittle Investments LLC conveyed 29 N. Fourth St. to Ashok K. Datta and Amita Datta for $7,000.”
Members of a wedding party seized the opportunity to capture river and the bridge as backdrop for wedding pictures.
The floating dock, with busted out railings and yellow do-not-cross tape to alert visitors.
A park visitor who chose to ignore the “NO DOGS OFF LEASH” signage. His dog ran across the park towards us; the owner lumbered up saying, “He’s friendly,” or something like that. Reminding him that dogs need to be leashed, he said, “You’ve got an attitude problem.”
Maybe! If asking people who bring dogs to the park to control them is an attitude problem, then we definitely do. In the center, the owner in control of a beverage can … but not his dog.
Oh, yeah … the owner told me that his picture cannot be taken without his permission. Wrong-o, bucko! The basic right “is actually pretty simple: if you’re in a public place and you can see it, you can shoot it.” The ACLU says it this way: “Taking photographs and videos of things that are plainly visible from public spaces is your constitutional right.”
The sign at the entrance of the park.
Attention to detail and the little things count. Any property owner or manager knows these fundamentals:
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