I don't disagree with the maxim "de gustabus non est disputandum." But I wonder how many neighbors would disagree with me that -- ignoring the other pros and cons of the "parklet" covered on this list -- a big reason for disliking it is its ugliness. Maybe a robot ambulating through the area would find the industrial design attractive. But for at least some of us humans, a "park" connotes a degree of rustication. When I first heard about it, but hadn't get gone down to see what the brouhaha was all about, I pictured something that had the appearance of a wooden deck, maybe even a pergola, with a floor elevated a few steps off the ground. Something like the illustration below, only longer and narrower, with one or two steps running the whole open length.
More of a Leggo than an Erector Set construction, but still standardized for easy assembly and disassembly. Any thoughts (non-ad-hominem if possible) on this, one way or another? If we're going to have this sort of thing, maybe we can make some suggestions about not creating eyesores in the process. You read it here, first, on the ever-popular Popu-List Courtesy of Al Krigman
