Still Not Used To Seeing Citygarden Empty, Fountains Off
When Citygarden opened on June 30, 2009 there wasn’t the usual ribbon cutting. Instead then-mayor Francis Slay called the maintenance building and asked them to turn on the fountains. With the exception of winters and one period they had a maintenance issue the fountains have been on. During warm months someone was always getting wet.
It has been nearly six months since this pandemic began and I’m still not used to seeing Citygarden devoid of human activity.
To counter the desolation here’s a photo I took almost six years ago.
There will be a time when the fountains and lights will be back on, but that’s likely more than a year from now. Looking forward, trying to be patient.
— Steve Patterson