At first glance, a walk in the ‘cornfields’ ~ the area of so much contention and landscaping in 2008-2009, appears returned to level ground with new grasses growing.
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Citing a news article in the April 9th New Canaan Advertiser titled: “Community group forms to restore portion of Waveny Park” A public-private group formed recently with the intention of restoring the Waveny Park cornfields. Is public-private a word? Or is it two antonyms, such as good-bad, put together? The cornfields, some 18 acres located [...]
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Posted in Garbage, Paths, People on Feb 25th, 2009 No Comments »
Is there Gold in Waveny? Walking the trails of Waveny, there’s a new sight on the ground and it looks like gold! Taking it upon themselves to make the woods a better place, New Canaan has paved the forest. Is there gold in New Canaan’s public park? No, but there sure are a lot of [...]
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Posted in Art, Fields, Garbage on Feb 18th, 2009 No Comments »
There’s a lot of garbage in Waveny these days. From piles of construction debris to tires to common roadside litter. Never before, in the long history of the Lapham Estate, has the property degraded more in one year than it had in 2008. Under the guise of beneficial development we have turned walking trails into [...]
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