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Caltrans Destroys San Diego DIY
Posted by admin - September 23rd, 2011 11:27 pm
The California Department of Transportation destroyed another great DIY spot this week – this time in San Diego a frequented spot called “Snatch Park.” CalTrans officials have been on a roll lately after knocking down an Oakland DIY zone a few weeks prior to Snatch’s recent death. Those who were fortunate enough to skate Snatch on a regular basis know that what Caltrans is doing isn’t fair, despite their excuses and reasons for liability. It’s sad that such a positive movement is looked at solely as a hazard and can even be deemed “illegal.”
“We were notified recently of a skate park that was built with wood and concrete in one of the drainage canals that parallels Interstate 8,” said Caltrans spokesman Ed Cartagena. “Accidents can happen, so in terms of exposure to liability, we try to limit that by making certain locations illegal to place things.”
In a world where everyone complains about money, taxes, etc., it’s not very comforting knowing that the peoples’ tax dollars are going towards things like destroying skate spots due to bogus excuses. All in all, the park will be missed, but new creative opportunities await. San Diego has a strong history in DIY (Washington St. skatepark speaks for itself), so the building will continue, and new cement will be poured. It’s only a matter of time.
R.I.P Snatch Park, you will be missed!
“Macht kaputt was euch kaputt macht.”
“Destroy what destroys you.”
- Ton Steine Scherben
I would pay Caltrans a visit. We are stearing towards a classwar through our capitalist society, why not start it a little earlier?
Great, now there is more room for the homeless to camp and the graffiti writers to paint!
The authorities always love to use the word, “liability”.
Caltrans is just a pussy ass fuckin agency of the government trying to justify their motherfuckin budgets! A positive place to skate has no meaning to them but when the winos, hobos, hookers, and other pieces of shit that live in the rivers make way there-that will be ok. Liability is such a bullshit term. Liability from what? How about the hobos camping out on the side of the freeways and bridges. The state had nothing for that spot and we made something of it. This fuckin state is so broke that they waste their time with this shit!!!!! How about fixin the roads (potholes anyone?) and worryin about improving flow in traffic. I’ve been to Snatch sooo many times and had a blast! Never fucked with any of the transients or them with me. I’ve swept out that place and picked up the trash more times than I can remember. Everybody was cool–except the Pinches Putos who don’t have anything better to do than to fuck up a good thing. Caltrans’ priorities are to stick it to the skaters-I know how that spot is gonna go down now that the skaters are out. Caltrans “Fuck You Very Much!”
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I am so disillusioned with our society right now. Snatch park=not acceptable. sitting at home watching a Raiders game=Acceptable? But listen to what Humberto said, follow the money trail. They are trying to justify their own existence and paychecks. It’s a joke an everyone knows it.
Our beloved local government actually demolished DIY improvements that citizens had made to one of our tiny, shitty, un-maintained park. We were told that if anyone attempts to build anything there ever again, the whole place is getting shut down. This is stuff INSIDE a fucking skate park. Fuck the man!
Yo more canvas for us graffiti writers
Fuck Caltrans. That place was fun.
I guess these are the shovel ready projects Obama was talking about.
Cal Trans should stick to road repairs, but pushing skaters back to street spots so the police have something safe to fu*k with.
The Spot in Oakland, And Snatch in S.D., both victims of Caltrans latest anti-DIY campaign that is still threatening BorderTown in Oakland too. Im sure Im not the only guy to notice the message they are trying to send. They think if they allow anymore DIY’s to pop up under their rat-race-track bridges, that terrain starved skaters everywhere will start pouring mud under ALL the bridges… But what would be so wrong with that? Using liability issues as their reasoning is bullshit, when they don’t even attempt to work with the city towards incorporating the DIY’s with the city’s insurance. They have the power, they just don’t wanna lift a finger. They’re creating the types of enemies who don’t just sign bitch and sign petitions. They’re fucking witht the wrong kids.
isn’t there a way to approach a director at caltrans in a fully calm, rational manner to open up a dialogue to make them stop doing this. or to get some kind of land grant or something to “legally” build something on unused land? any business owners want to step up and try to make this happen with me?
Nothing lasts forever. Skateboarding is all about the transitory nature of life in the streets. Keep moving. Keep building. Learn from every defeat.
In my lifetime all of you (former and current) haters have carved out one of the toughest most creative subcultures of people thriving in the recesses of every corner of the globe… kinda LIKE you for that. HA : ) whatever you think you got going … pales, sorry ’bout ya.
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