NEW YEAR IN GRAVENHURST -

IT'S TIME FOR THE RED PIANO TO DISAPPEAR - REALLY

I WROTE A BLOG QUITE A FEW WEEKS AGO….ACTUALLY, MORE THAN THAT, ABOUT THE ILL-FATED RED PIANO, THAT WAS NEVER A GOOD IDEA, FROM ITS ORIGINAL POSITIONING AS A BUSKER'S VENUE, ON MUSKOKA ROAD……ABUTTING A PLYWOOD BARRICADE COVERING OVER THE BARRENS LEFT BY THE EARLIER FIRE THIS YEAR.

WHEN ROAD CONSTRUCTION BEGAN IN THE LATE SUMMER, TO FINISH UP THE LAST BLOCK OR SO, IN THE MAIN STREET REVITALIZATION, THE PIANO, PAINTED RED, THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO ATTRACT BUSKERS BY THE BASKET-FULL, WAS PLACED BACK INTO THE VACANT LOT THAT IT HAD ONCE FRONTED, AND WAS IN LESS THAN PLAYING CONDITION.

EVER SINCE, THE NOT QUITE LEGENDARY RED PIANO HAS HAD THE CRAP BEAT OUT OF IT……AND IS NOW QUITE SEE-THROUGH. AS IT WAS TOWN SANCTIONED, AND ENDORSED BY OTHER FOLKS IN TOWN…..OTHER GROUPS, IT IS NOW A COMPLETE EMBARRASSMENT TO THE TOWN……AND SHOULD BE REMOVED. UNLESS OF COURSE, THIS IS A PROJECT TO DETERMINE HOW LONG IT WILL BE BEFORE VANDALS AND NATURE HAVE IT REDUCED TO SAWDUST.

HERE'S A NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION FOR THE TOWN OF GRAVENHURST. REMOVE THE BROKEN, VANDALIZED, DETERIORATING RED PIANO…..BECAUSE IT IS A SAD MARKER OF A LETHARGIC COMMUNITY, AND IF IT REMAINS…..IT'S SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT OUR FORTITUDE, AND PRIDE…..AS A TOWN, AND AS A MAIN STREET BUSINESS COMMUNITY……

I WILL PROVIDE PHOTOGRAPHS AND UPDATES UNTIL IT IS REMOVED.