At the water's edge
The little boardwalk is now open at the end of Peacock Park, enabling some of the most beautiful views of the water, but a lady from Chicago stopped me and asked me what was up with the filthy shoreline.She says in Chicago, they take pride in their shoreline and they don't let pollution destroy it. In fact, she said this is the first view of the water she has seen since she arrived in Miami and this is the scene she was privy to. Not a very nice first impression. Disgusting, in fact.
That's her in the picture below, talking to my friend Mike, who lives in Miami Beach. I am always telling him how great the Grove is and he sort of was put off by this filth, too.
posted by Tom Falco at 6:47 PM
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7 Comments:
You missed the numerous shopping carts, tires and broken boat parts laying around too. These are examples of intentional vandalism, not just litter.
People suck.
Wow, that is disgusting... Seems like refuse from boaters. Its a damn shame that in the year 2007 people still havent learned how to pick up after themselves and keep our parks and oceans clean.
The city of Miami, aka "manana," could learn a lot from the city of Chicago, aka "the city that works."
Its not from boaters its solid waste coming out of our storm drains. We should follow california and start installing continuous deflection separation systems (CDS) as part of the coconut grove waterfront plan.
Heres some basic background I sent to CG village council on the issue
Traditionally storm drains were designed to move rainfall out off urban roads. Unfortunately, in highly urbanized areas, particularly with high rainfall like Miami, more then water flows down those drains. Currently in Miami, there is no system to treat of remove waste flowing through our storm systems. I was introduced last year to some new technology being applied across the nation called CDS. Basically, they are installed into existing ocean storm drain outflows, and can filter out trash down to the size of a cigarette butt as well as oil and grease. California is actively installing the units in many communities. There are over 1000 installed in Los Angeles alone. The results are dramatic. Tampa has begun installing some as well as Orlando.
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> There base price is high, around 80K, however, overall it is the most cost effective solution to addressing the issue. Additionally, it may be likely that the state of Florida may be willing to financially support a few units for this project, seeing as I do not believe any are currently in use in South Florida. CDS units are covered under Florida's best management practices (BMP) for storm water.
This technology is truely amazing and would eliminate most of the trash along the coastline of CG.
You don't actually expect the City of Miami (Banana Republic) to clean this up do you? I hate to say it but the shore line in that area has been a mess for years. If Home Depot comes to the Grove and you think the City is going to help control the mess forget about it. It's business as usual at City Hall.
this is from storm drains. however, why cant the personnel who maintain the park clean this up weekly? it wouldnt build up as much. you see the same gunk everywhere, all along brickell key as well. while we're at it, what bout litter everywhere? miami is one filthy place, worse than other fla cities. dont know why.hmmmm
I doubt that all of that is from the storm drains. A trash bucket, water jug, cups, Gatorade, and beer are things most likely found on a boat trip, not floating in a storm drain. Oh, but god forbid we blame boaters for anything...
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