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Wednesday, July 23, 2008 --- 37 days ago http://www.waterkeeper.ca/content/swim/lets_restore_richardson_beach.php
| Sometimes our most valuable assets go unnoticed. Kingston's Richardson Beach is one such example. A popular swimming spot and valued public space since the late 1800s until quite recently, we have let it fall into disuse. Maybe this has to do with the (generally mistaken) notion that the water quality in Lake Ontario is poor. Maybe we have come to expect that a beach should be white sand and palm trees. Or maybe we've turned ourselves into individual "taxpayers" and forgotten about the things we hold in common and that bind us as a community. In any case, Richardson Beach is now practically empty. Even the hottest July afternoon finds only a rare bather in the water or using the all-but-forgotten Richardson Bath House. The facilities that the city once maintained are no longer safe or convenient. Today's bather must use a dank change room and run a gauntlet of slippery rocks. Despite the fact that the water quality is generally better than it has been for decades, one risks pain just trying to get into it. The time is ripe for restoring Richardson Beach. Its location - just east of the Murney Tower at the foot of Barrie Street - makes it easily accessible for those living in central Kingston. As the options for outdoor public swimming are closed off by privatization of shorelines and development on waterfronts, places such as Richardson Beach are rare public assets. With growing concerns about sedentary lifestyles, we can use them to p ... |
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