Elleda Wilson: Pooped parklet
Aug. 25—"Astoria's parklets: People either love them or hate them," a local little bird opined.
"Wonder how they got started? Well, you have to look back to 2015, when a pilot program was introduced to try out a parklet on 11th Street for a two-year period. And here we are, seven years later, with a parklet made out of used pallets, that has reached its life's end, riddled with rot, and unsafe, so Jeff Daly removed it.
"Some of the local merchants next to the parklet were upset with the move, and since have put signs in their windows saying that Jeff, who built the parklet to begin with, for heaven's sake, is no longer welcome on their premises.
"So, Jeff being the good prankster, has decided to test the waters. A group of his friends will walk into the store wearing a photograph of Jeff in the sixth grade, and another looking 90 years old, covering their faces, making the cashier wonder which one was the real or the fake Jeff."
"They'll all be fakes," the little bird reported. "Jeff will be watching from afar, respecting and questioning the reasoning."
