In yet another case of stellar incompetence, the Saint Louis YMCA's "skatepark project" is amounting to just about nothing.
The project, headed by a Mr. James Page, is a catastrophic clusterfuck. I guess when you hire a know nothing rollerbooter to be your skatepark director, you get what you get. Mr Page's accomplishments in gayblade world are dodgy at best, but apparently enough to impress the yokel's who run the show at the Y. He has proudly proclaimed, when questioned point blank about his qualifications as a parks director and skatepark advocate, "I've been all over the midwest judging professional rollerblade contests." well, gee willikers i'll be fucked!.. well let's get to diggin' a hole!
The YMCA had accepted a deal with American Eagle and some faggy Ka-Boom/Nickelodeon kiddie outfit to get a modular park. the fucked thing here is that this city's skateboarders are so apathetic that this modular shitpile was considered a step forward..anyway, i digress. The arrangement was to install the modular park (and god help me i helped with that dread installation) and later on, build phase two..a bowl. A real concrete bowl. with pool blocks and shit. confidence was high because the money had already been alotted for the bowl build. Many out of town heads came and went with offers of help, concrete knowledge, direct lines to the big guns of tranny pours, and unlimited advocacy...all went away snubbed. it seemed that James was in over his head and was maybe afraid of losing his new cushy job. As he should be, if this was anywhere else, his ass would be out the door. So, Site Design Group was tapped to do the drawing bit and they came up with four designs. 2 ledge and bank flow courses, and two ledge and bank wonderland's with a separate bowl. already things were getting fucked up. Many asked what happened to the big bowl idea and nobody got any real answers. Everyone was told repeatedly that "things are moving along". The first groundbreaking was scheduled for that summer. so we waited and predictably, it never happened. It's been a couple summers since all this went down and the canvas for the dig is still sitting blank. James puts out an Email now and again, explaining why nothing is happening.
heres an example:
.."I have been working extensively with the contractors who bid on our project to get their price down to what we want. We, at the Y, have also came up with a little bit more money to meet them in the middle. We are just a couple thousand dollar's from reaching an agreement. I'm working with a board member now to get good deal on concrete from Lemay Block. The bid we got from our contractor was $81/yard. If we get this cost down we should make our budget and can get the contracts signed.
If everything goes well construction should begin in March when the ground warms up and the park should open in May. Sorry about the delay but this has been slow and painful process, especially for someone who wants a good skatepark where they work." ..Here is the design for the park. It still has the pool design on this one but it will have to be added on later.
If you have any questions feel free to ask."
James Page
Teen Director
South City Family YMCA
314-644-3100
Well, James.. Lots of folks have questions to ask you.
So what we want to know is...In mid-May why is the fucking ground still unbroken?
It's not cold, in fact we had the mildest winter in probably 15 years...So what's up?
Oh..right..you have no clue what you are doing and nothing is up.
Business as usual in the Derrty-Derrty.
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