I LIVED IN THIS AREA FOR 15 YEARS UNTIL THE AGE OF 21 I AM NOW 26. SO AS FAR AS I CAN REMEMBER THE SIDEWALKS WERE ALWAYS LIKE THIS. WHEN I WAS A CHILD I HAD TO RIDE MY BIKE ON THE COOK AVE AND ON SUROUNDING STREETS AS DID EVERY OTHER KID THEN WHICH TO SAY WAS VERY DANGEROUS! ANOTHER THING THAT IS DANGEROUS IS THE TRAFFIC AND THE PARK WELL NOT TO SURE OF IT TODAY. THIS AREA NEEDS HELP NOT ONLY WITH THE SIDEWALKS BUT WITH THE CRIME THE ABANDONED BUILDINGS SUCH AS THE OLD HOSPITAL PLEASE PUT SWINGS BACK IN THE PARK!!!!
A resolution to replace the sidewalks will be submitted to the City Council. Improvements to Gilman (formerly Brosnan) Park are part of the five year Parks and Recreation Task Force report that currently is under review.
Shoveling snow on a good sidewalk is hard enough but on dangerously broken sidewalks it is a difficult chore. The sidewalks on Cook ave and Winthrop st have been in disrepair for years. No indication of repairs have been made despite complaints.
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