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Reader Jacqueline left the following comment on the post "A Moment In Time: Summer Riding Buddies":

Bay Ridge is a great neighborhood, but do we really want to ship our kids off on two trains to get there so they can play on their skateboards? 14-17 years old kids are still kids, and our kids should be able to play in this neighborhood. Remember that song: "Streets are for cars and buses, not for bikes or balls or toys. Sidewalks, parks, and playgrounds are the places for girls and boys." I have balled out many kids who ride their skateboards on the World War I monument at the park. Am upset to see what's happening with the marble base. Talked to the kids about how important it is to respect neighborhood kids who weren't much older than them who died for us with the idea that we should a good life, that they should be respectful. Seems like it's the first time anyone talked to them like they were smart enough to understand (which they were). Wonder where their parents have been and how much their parents connect the past, however recent to the present. We do mostly have a very good life indeed. Healthy neighborhoods, whether in Carroll Gardens, Bay Ridge, or Timbuktu require safe places for kids of all ages to play. When the Gowanus is cleaned up correctly, as I pray it will be, there will be a Frank Verderame park for all kinds of fun things for kids to do, whether they are three, fourteen, or fifty.

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