Comments on: Tom LaBonge believes there’s a bogeyman in Silver Lake.

By: michael haddadin

michael haddadin — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 20:22:55 +0000

hope you all enjoyed the new walking path, the people who were against it are few and always we have this situation in every project we build around the City, drop the negativity, put on your running suit and run freely around the reservoir and enjoy life and freedom…………wait till we finish phase III it would be a paradise come true, it is designed to be a passive recreation for all who appreciate out doors.

By: Donna Barstow

Donna Barstow — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:58:43 +0000

Oh, that’s a good way to put it, Will – they are exactly like islands, in a big expanse of flattened dead grass. And you’re quite right, nothing can hide in there – not even a cat.

Okay, but that was in the fifties, so they’re 50 to 60 years old! Obviously planted by the DWP back then. They look cool, so sculpted and other-worldly.

And thanks, knew I had seen that picture somewhere – now I linked to your article!

By: Will Campbell

Will Campbell — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:42:54 +0000

Sorry if I’m foggy, but is it the juniper islands in the middle of the open space that are to be removed, or ones alongside the path?

If it’s the ones in the middle that’s entirely bogus because nothing bigger than a raccoon could really hide in there — and it probably served as a denning area for a variety of critters.

Oh, and short point of order: those junipers are probably not a hundie in age since this section of the reservoir used to be reservoir until they filled it in about 50 or so years ago).

P.S. The Silver Lake serpent is real I tell you: REAL!

http://tinyurl.com/3r9msw

\:)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:55:00 +0000

Tom LaBonge IS the bogeyman of Silver Lake.
And Griffith Park.
And Runyon Canyon.
And —–

How many more years are we stuck with the lunatic?