The great Pucho has informed me that all the stuff that was built under 95 down by Target has been removed by the city. They were real quick to tear it down this time, seems like it’s only been a few weeks. Not sure if they noticed the bank to ledge or not and if they tore that down as well. I’ll get some confirmation on that on my ride home today and get back to everyone. Oh well….
If you build it…they will tear it down.
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i tear down everything you skateboarders make because i dont want anyone to have any fun. you work for hours and days to build something i will tear it down in minutes.
I just went down to see what was going on. Yeah, all the stuff on the flat is gone. However there are still some bricks on top of that bank but half the angle iron has been torn off. So the bank to ledge is fixable. The homeless housing is still in full effect.
Bridge spot??
Why should that area be saved? If the city agrees, they say skate in that place and that place only. If you skate on a ledge or a rail that is not yours – fuck, you are done since you have that hot spot you are talking about.
Huh?
what are yo talking bout realville?
Yeah, building stuff down there is a bad idea. I have seen them tear it out before. Takes them about an hour or so to make it like that place was never there. It’s depressing.
depressing indeed
Not so depressing is the fact that I got an email from Liz Kerr saying that the Roslyn Skatepark is breaking ground on June 13. The only news I could find online about the park was this: thetimeschronicle.com
That link is either too long or wrong Nugget. If it’s longer than that use http://www.TinyURL.com to shorten that bitch up. Where the hell is Roslyn?
Do they keep removing shit here because the Mummers use this space? Either way that sucks. I liked that box they had there. Still a good place for flat and a game of skate…..and wallriding the human poo on the pillars.
roslyn is in New Mexico
get a hammer drill, a 1/2 ” bit, and some rebar. drill down into the blacktop, and reinforce that shit. philly might still have the manpower to tear it out, but dudes will be sweating and bummed for hours…
I always thought that’s the best spot for buildin in the city. But the mummers are more important I guess.
One time I built a jump ramp out of scrap wood and I took it the schulykill river trail and skated it one night. I left it there and never saw it again.
Bitchardo, things have been built many times that were actually drilled in to the pavement. It doesn’t stop them, though like you I hope it at least bums them out that it will require a bit more effort to remove. DO, the Schulykill river trail is a heavily traveled bike/pedestrian trail. There’s no way your very easy to remove launch ramp would stick around unfortunately. It sucks making something, contributing it and then never seeing it again.
I didn’t mind at all, but I do hope that someone else got to skate it too. It was great, roll downhill to big jump ramp early grab. I hope that no one put it in the river.
i skated san francisco and san jose over the summer. let me tell you man spots for days…
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