I was just down at the walkway by the Byram River in Port Chester, and I’m trying to decide which was sadder: the litter along the path, the gaping holes in the railing, the strangled-looking Christmas tree, or the three shopping carts sitting in the river muck.
Actually, the saddest thing has to be the large section of the walkway that remains fenced off due to a sinking bulkhead.
Here’s a tour.
First, the railing:
Here’s the tree, looking kind of Suess-like:
And …
Here’s the litter:
And one of the shopping carts:
You’ll recall that this is the promenade that Westchester County leases for more than $800,000 a year. The village maintains it, and developer G&S built it. Another cart:
I spoke to Jon Orr, a Rye resident who was looking at the scene from his car. He used to enjoy coming down to Ebb Tide when the restaurant was still open, and said the area along the river could be a great little city park, with a little help.
“It requires some general maintenance,” he said. “The public has to participate to help keep it clean.”
Village Manager Christopher Russo said he was unaware of the additional vandalism to the railings or the presence of the shopping carts, and that he would notify the DPW.
The condition of the bulkhead is clearly deteriorating, according to Russo, and will have to be addressed by the newly seated village board, as one of its first agenda items.
For more on the board’s first meeting, see my story here.
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If you think that’s bad take a cruise around the harbor. A huge branch (a remnant from the wicked early Spring storm) has been tied up to the dock since April. How bought removing the darn thing. As you go towards the Sound look at the Seawall. All of the drainage spouts are pointed upward. No wonder the wall is collapsing into the Byram River. Finally, in the photo of the shopping cart near the land for lease sign (PAD Site). Go their after even the lightest of rains. Swamped!!!!! And they want some poor sucker to build there. Good Luck!!
I guess Leah couldn’t bend over and pick up the coffee cup in the Photo (trash)—though the word trash is usually confined to the editorial page here.
They have no money. They are a struggling city. But I guess that’s lost on the carpetbaggers who feel like slumming and come to visit in the sound from more liberal parts of westchester.
Besides, Port Chester has more pressing problems to spend on – like the next suit to come from the government and the liberal lawyers from Pace.
The contract with G&S where the taxpayers pay $800,000 a year to lease this dump must be stopped ASAP !!!
Talk about a stupid deal and some short cut/defective construction on the part of the builder!
Who in County govt is pursuing that fraud??