Thursday, March 15, 2007
Not So Good in the Hood, After All
If you don't know where Emmerson Park is, I'll tell you. It's over by Ridge & Granville. Across the street from the luxury townhomes built where the Philips (catch the spirit of 76) used to be. About 6 blocks from the sparkling yet completely crappy new Target on Peterson. And a stone's throw from Misericordia Home. There used to be a video store and a Mallo's Char-Burger place. It's a pretty nice neighborhood actually, it was even before the construction came in. I mean, that park has tennis courts.
I don't know if this is a good or bad thing, but I was more shocked to see Emmerson park make the paper than the fact that this incident happened. I'm pretty sure it's a bad thing. I'm really sorry for the family that this happened to, and I respect the hell out of both of them for what they did. But reading the article I just knew what was going to happen.
Hey people who didn't grow up here? Just an FYI for you. There is no such thing as a completely safe neighborhood in this city. I grew up with the phrase "block to block" and I think it still applies, gentrification be damned. Look at this family - the guy grew up going to that park, and that happened to him.
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I don't know if this is a good or bad thing, but I was more shocked to see Emmerson park make the paper than the fact that this incident happened. I'm pretty sure it's a bad thing. I'm really sorry for the family that this happened to, and I respect the hell out of both of them for what they did. But reading the article I just knew what was going to happen.
Hey people who didn't grow up here? Just an FYI for you. There is no such thing as a completely safe neighborhood in this city. I grew up with the phrase "block to block" and I think it still applies, gentrification be damned. Look at this family - the guy grew up going to that park, and that happened to him.
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