Old-timers call it “Needle Park.” Newcomers refer to it as “the place at the corner of the Post Road and Main Street, near the Calypso store.”
Either way, it was the answer to last week’s photo challenge. There’s a large concrete urn (perhaps a planter?) there now, which fits in with the drab, gray surroundings.
Once it was a vibrant park next to what was then the Westport Library. It attracted its share of “hippies” — hence the derogatory “Needle Park” — along with many others.
It was supposed to remain a park in perpetuity. Well, they paved paradise and — you know the rest. (Click here to see last week’s photo; click here for an “06880” story on Needle Park.)
Congratulations to Shirlee Gordon, Joyce Barnhart, Bob Grant, Dan Herman, Anthony Palmer and J. Wagner, all of whom knew where to find the photo — whatever they called it.
As for this week’s photo challenge: No, it didn’t snow here last week. But Lynn U. Miller found this mound anyway. If you know where in Westport she took this shot, click “Comments” below.
(Photo/Lynn U. Miller)
Ice rink at Longshore!
Longshore Harding Park
W ice pile from Zamboni ice cleaner
PAL ice rink at Longshore
Zamboni shavings in the parking lot near the icerink at longshore
The Ice from the WPAL Rink @ Longshore
It is the ice from the Longshore rink, which makes me very glad to see that Tony got it right, since he runs the rink and put the snow there!
Longshore
Next to Longshore ice skating rink
the modern sculpture in Long Shore
It is definitely the snow and ice from the PAL skating rink at Longshore. If you haven’t been — go there. It’s great!
Ogopogo!
Long shore pool pavilion?
Ice Rink @ Longshore dumped by Toxic Tony
I’m sure I’m way behind… but this is outside the snack bar at longshore facing the marina
Long Shore CC. Left over mashed potatoes from Thanksgiving.
Longshore ice rink
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gotta be from a Zamboni
Outside the PAL skating rink at Longshore Park
Longshore Skating rink ice
Dan, are you embedding a “falling snow” animated graphic in this photo? Small white dots “falling” at a slight angle from top to bottom. I mean the photo of the bridge at the top.
Yes. It’s part of every photo, in fact — not just the top. Happy Holidays!