Comments on The Burd Report: So it's a done deal, or is it?

I too remember the controversy about the location ...

2009-07-30T11:59:12.887-04:00

I too remember the controversy about the location of the library, and I still think the site across from Victoria Hall was perfect, especially if the goal really was to keep the downtown vibrant.

Guess that only counts when its something really important, like the liquor store. Talk about culture, gimme some merlot please, and make it snappy.

Just recently my handsome spouse and I were in the Library, and he commented on how much wasted space there is in its design. This was after I wondered why the main entrance is buried secretively in the parking strip and not facing the street with a more suitable and noteworthy portal befitting of this important local landmark.

But then, mediocrity seems to be our byword here in Slow-bourg.

Something about the cavalier manner in which some ...

2009-07-29T15:40:03.755-04:00

Something about the cavalier manner in which some on council have dealt with the Centre reminds me of the present library site. One councellor of the day pretty much summed up the affair, when pressed about using existing parkland ( other, viable sites were available ) for the new building, said that council was pretty much exhausted by the ordeal and had to do something. And something they did.
When walking along Albert downtown I often wonder what the streetscape could have been with a beautiful library beside the town hall instead of the existing parking lot. The way the built structures walled along the waterfront hog the site is just the latest example of missed opportunity in my opinion. Lackluster councils are a Cobourg legacy, it would appear.

I did make a submission to the Public Arts Committ...

2009-07-28T14:00:56.859-04:00

I did make a submission to the Public Arts Committee. They called for "wood carvers", and "wood artists" and sculptors. I am none of those, so I would have to hire them to execute my piece.

Here's the poem that illustrated the trunk I photoshopped last June 23

This is not the piece I had submitted. Mine is a Totem Poem -- by a WASP male.

Why don't we leave the tree just like it is? ...

2009-07-28T13:24:54.229-04:00

Why don't we leave the tree just like it is? It appears to have a face that is looking at folks watching the goings on in the band shell.

Maybe an artist from Alderville could carve a tote...

2009-07-28T12:09:09.499-04:00

Maybe an artist from Alderville could carve a totem pole to tell the story of how they lost their beautiful country to a bunch of hooligans with no respect for the planet.

Maybe we could carve the likenesses of Cobourg'...

2009-07-28T11:34:09.424-04:00

Maybe we could carve the likenesses of Cobourg's past (and present) mayors into this 'pillar of worship'. In some cases the medium would certainly be the message. Just letting the creative juices gel.