a walk in the park

                   Cassius in the Hungarian Garden
Cleveland used to be Forest City. The number of trees have been reduced, and urban forestry seems to take more away than to add. In the city shade trees are a blessing, and the number of shaded walks are not that great. Postmen in summer do a lot better in a tree lined neighborhood, than a tree denuded neighborhood. Perhaps the best scenic shaded walk with your hound is in Rockefeller Park, but crossing the old Liberty Boulevard is often not easy; it is a scenic, winding route that too many idiots treat as a highway. 

It is late summer additions, and improvements have been and are being made. The new Russian Garden is putting in walkways, and a formal dedication is upcoming (Sept.9th?).

The Polish Garden has a new bust. St. John Paul II has taken an old spot, and a re-arrangement of Polish heroes have been made around a tidied up central fountain.

 The Serbs have also added a new bust, Nadežda Petrović.

A new bridge is forming over Doan Brook on St. Casimir Way.