Charles River, MA, USA: Magazine Beach Destruction Plans, Council report part 5, section 8, at the Pedestrian Overpass

Charles River, MA, USA:   Magazine Beach Destruction Plans, Council report part 5, section 8, at the Pedestrian Overpass.

I. Introductory.
II. Repeats.
Fraudulent Presentations, Heartless Animal Abuse, Poisons, and flat out fraud.
III. Main New Material.
Index to Maps.
8. Northeast Hill, Northwest playing fields.
IV. Prior Reports in this Series.


I. Introductory.

This is the fifth report in a series presenting on the Internet a report delivered to the Cambridge, MA, USA City Manager on June 6, 2017, and to the Cambridge, MA, USA by way of the City Clerk at the City Council meeting of June 12, 2017..

This portion of the Internet transcription presents our fourth package of detailed photos of the destruction.  We are proceeding from east to west.  This segment continues the REALLY BIG TREE DESTRUCTION.  This destruction is proposed in the area nearest the pedestrian overpass.  It is between the northern part of the Magazine Beach playing fields on the Charles River and the little guys’ parking lot, proposed to be totally destroyed in turn.  South of the little guys’ parking lot and west of this area is another group of four excellent trees..

These trees include very large trees.  They continue the worst of the horror.

The constant “explanation” of the fake group on the front line is:   Do not look at what we are destroying.  Look at what we tell you to look at.

Magazine Beach is west of the BU Bridge on the Charles River.  You can also look at THE MOST RECENT PART OF the record of these terrible people, the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, the City of Cambridge, and their always varying front organizations / cheerleaders.

Here is a DCR map of the area in which they have destroyed already:

The destroyed area is the upper (northern) bank of the Charles River running from the BU Bridge on the far left to the Longfellow Bridge toward the top right.

The hundreds of trees plus animal habitat they have destroyed east of the BU Bridge on the Charles River is presented in our video on line at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTplCCEJP7o.

The reality of their “improvements” after the destruction East of the BU Bridge is presented at https://youtu.be/dWyCdcWMuAA.

The area they are attacking now is the area to the west of the BU Bridge running almost to the next bridge, the River Street Bridge.  Here is another DCR Map.

The Magazine Beach Recreation Area is the green area above the Charles River.  The BU Bridge is the grey area at the far right.  The gray line above the green area is Memorial Drive, the boulevard following the Charles River on its north.

The destruction in this report is the area surrounding the bottom area of the double pointed arrow which seems to be intended to communicate the pedestrian bridge over Memorial Drive connecting Magazine Beach to the north side of Memorial Drive.  Portions of this bridge show in photos in this report.

It is at the top of a hill overlooking the Magazine Beach playing fields which were discussed in prior parts of this report.

We have communicated destruction of the area to the east of this area in Part 4 of this report.  The areas to the west will follow subsequently.  This area includes the vaguely trapezoidal area next to that arrow point, and includes street trees.

The entire letter to the Cambridge City Manager and City Council is presented in the official report of that Cambridge City Council meeting.  The file is large and takes quite a bit of time to download.  It may be viewed in color at http://cambridgema.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=1&ID=1815&Inline=True, pages 198 to 249.

II. Repeats.

Fraudulent Presentations, Heartless Animal Abuse, Poisons, and Flat out Fraud.

(A) The original summary of the overall report to the Cambridge City Manager and Cambridge City Council in the introduction to part 1 and in section 1 presented therewith is excellent, but it is so long that it would be silly to repeat it here.  The original summary is posted at: http://charlesriverwhitegeeseblog.blogspot.com/2017/06/charles-river-what-is-being-destroyed.html.

At the same time, the analyses of Cambridge corruption presented in the following reports is of great value.

(B) The first is the debunking of yet another con game fighting for destruction, but is directed to the head of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT), copies to the Cambridge City Manager and City Council.

Charles River:   Con Game fights for Destruction:  http://charlesriverwhitegeeseblog.blogspot.com/2017/06/charles-river-con-game-fights-for.html

(C) This was attached to the MassDOT letter and is free standing as well.  It welcomed and briefed the then newly appointed (now current) City Manager on the environmental / planning outrage he inherited.  It both briefed him on the latest fake organization, the one which is most visible in the front line fighting for destruction on the Charles River, and briefed him on the Cambridge Development Department, pulling a lot of strings from behind the scenes.

This report goes into detail on a 21 year plus fraud in which CCD lied as to the non existence of a major part of transportation plans on the Charles River, and EVERY SINGLE “EXPERT” ASSOCIATED WITH THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE’S FAKE “PROTECTIVE GROUPS” PARROTED THIS BLATANT LIE FOR THE ENTIRE PERIOD.

Charles River:   Trust Cambridge, MA. USA’s Development Dept.?:  http://charlesriverwhitegeeseblog.blogspot.com/2017/06/charles-river-trust-cambridge-ma-usas.html.

Links to the prior parts of this series of reports are in the last section below.

III. Main New Material.

Index to Maps, sections 8 to 12.

This section continues to use the numbering in the 51 page letter to the Cambridge City Manager and Cambridge City Council from which this material is derived.  It has been edited to change reference language to conform to difference in presentation from hard copy to Blog.  It presents destruction nearest the pedestrian overpass and directly east of the to be devastated little guys’ parking lot with ONE TREE NOT DESTROYED.  South of the parking lot and west the current report are four excellent trees which dominate the view from Memorial Drive.

The destruction in this section is equally massive.

Here are the two halves of the Black and White Plan for the Hill.  Marked on the map are portions of the map which show in sections of this report from section 8 to 12.  Areas in sections 6 and 7 extend into the right (eastern) portion below.

Index to Maps, sections 8 to 12.  The two sections connect.  The second is to the right (east) of the first section.

8. Northeast Hill, Northwest playing fields.

A. Maps.

Crops of the relevant parts of the original DCR submission to the Cambridge Conservation Commission, and of the subsequent, unofficial, color version with changes and outrageous fraudulent propaganda.

B. General Analysis.

The color package adds destruction of one tree at the top of the hill from the playing fields, between one third and half the way from the top of the maps.  They just keep destroying.

Translating the fraudulent word games, three of the six they do not even go through nonsense of claiming they have vaguely responsible excuse to destroy.

The fraudulent word games translate the red circles.

C. Photos.

(1) Tree at sidewalk.

One of these magnificent trees is doomed.  It is admitted to be healthy and not to be in the group with less than 50 years left to live.  It is at the top middle of the plans, and it is NOT THE LARGEST.  It is east of the western warning structure for the pedestrian overpass, as viewed in a photo and the colored plan.

I cannot tell from the plans which is doomed.  The plans show the turnaround of the pedestrian overpass to the left of these trees and the ramp between them and the next tree to be destroyed.  This trees are admitted to be healthy and not beyond a day after its peak of beauty (translating the key fraudulent term, “declining”).

The plans, in general, have highly confusing parts.  Not surprising, an excellent way to fool people.  The doomed tree is either the tree on the left or the one on the right.  The one on the right is in better shape and has even more years to live.

Other views of the “large” tree, on the left,  and of the “small” tree, on the right.

(2) Tree at foot of pedestrian over pass.

This one is big and has the orange mark of doom in two locations.  It is straight ahead and to the right at the foot of the ramp.

It could be the furthest west of the dead or dying trees IN THE MAGAZINE BEACH RESERVATION, as opposed to NEAR the Magazine Beach Reservation and added as yet more fraud to get a larger count.  What is that 6?  As justification for destroying 54?  There are 3 more at the swimming pool bath house.

“Dead or dying” wound up in the order 1  motion, giving the lying impression that there were 54 dead or dying trees.

I hope that that motion was written by the Cambridge Development Department, and not by the two City Councilors whose names appeared on it.

(3) Tree Southwest of “Dead / Dying” tree.

This tree is really an extension of the massive trees which are south of the parking lot.  But, looking at the map, it belongs in this group.  A very difficult shot.  The trees, unless, or until, the DCR and the Cambridge City Council get their way, are so thick they obstruct light.

(4) Tree southeast of “dead / dying” Tree.

Tree on the left, I think.  Another problem with the terrible maps. This identification seems correct.  The map shows another tree close to it but behind to the west, both visible from the pedestrian overpass.

(5) Tree east of tree in subsection 4 and near top of hill.

We are getting into relatively small trees at the top of the slope from the playing fields.

It does fit the slope markings.

Tree looks healthy to me.  Now they are destroying their own saplings.  Incredibly, the propaganda map calls this tree beyond the instant after its maximum beauty or dead /diseased.  Rather excellent demonstration of the bizarre reality of their word game, “decline.”

(6) Tree south of tree in subsection 4 and near slope of hill.

Another healthy looking sapling.  According to the propaganda map, they have stated no reason to destroy it except for the destructiveness of the people involved.

The trees above this tree, subject to the destructiveness of the DCR and the Cambridge City Council, are so thick that I waited an hour until I had the right lighting to get this photo.


IV. Prior Reports in this Series.

The official and complete Cambridge, MA, USA, City Council record of this letter is posted at http://cambridgema.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=1&ID=1815&Inline=True, pages 198 to 249.  It is part of a very large file and takes some time to load.

PDF copies of the filing with the City Council / City Manager may be obtained from boblat@yahoo.com

Prior Reports in this series may be viewed at:

Part 1, June 10, 2017, repeating Section 1, Introduction, of the Report, in
Charles River: What is being destroyed next, Part 1 at: http://charlesriverwhitegeeseblog.blogspot.com/2017/06/charles-river-what-is-being-destroyed.html.

Part 2, June 11, 2017 Repeating Sections 2, Northeast Corner of the Playing Fields; and 3, Parking Lot of Playing Fields, of the Report, in:
Charles River: What is being destroyed next, Part 2, “Dead and Dying” reality of Magazine Beach, Early History of the Outrages, at: http://charlesriverwhitegeeseblog.blogspot.com/2017/06/charles-river-what-is-being-destroyed_11.html

Part 3, June 14, 2017, Repeating Sections 4, Southern Edge of Playing Fields; 5, The Starvation Wall; and 6, The middle of the playing fields.  Poison usage.  Drainage for poisons that should not be used. of the Report, in:
Charles River, MA:   Magazine Beach Playing Fields Destruction, Council report part 3, sections 4 to 6, Starvation Wall, Use of Poisons, Some Dead Trees, at:  http://charlesriverwhitegeeseblog.blogspot.com/2017/06/charles-river-ma-magazine-beach-playing.html

Part 4, repeating section 7, The Start of the BIG Destruction, Northern Edge of Playing Fields, in:
Charles River, MA:   Magazine Beach Playing Fields Destruction, Council report part 3, sections 7, The Start of the BIG Destruction, Northern Edge of Playing Fields, at:  http://charlesriverwhitegeeseblog.blogspot.com/2017/06/charles-river-ma-magazine-beach-playing_16.html

Charles River, MA: Magazine Beach Playing Fields Destruction, Council report part 4, sections7, The Start of the BIG Destruction, Northern Edge of Playing Fields.

Charles River, MA:   Magazine Beach Playing Fields Destruction, Council report part 4, section 7, The Start of the BIG Destruction, Northern Edge of Playing Fields.

I. Introductory.
II. Repeats.
(1) Fraudulent Presentations, Heartless Animal Abuse, Poisons, and flat out fraud.
(2) Index to Maps.
III. Main New Material.
7. Northern Edge of Playing Fields.


I. Introductory.

This is the fourth report in a series presenting on the Internet a report delivered to the Cambridge, MA, USA City Manager on June 6, 2017, and to the Cambridge, MA, USA by way of the City Clerk at the City Council meeting of June 12, 2017..

These initiatives respond to the vote of the Cambridge City Council on April 14, 2017, to seek funding from the Cambridge City Manager to assist the Department of Conservation and Recreation in its next round of environmental destruction on the Charles River including destruction of 54 mostly excellent trees, continuation and expansion of use of poisons, and ramping up heartless animal abuse.

The Cambridge City Council preceded this vote with a rally for themselves on the front steps of Cambridge City Hall, alleging their sainthood on environmental matters.  The highly destructive environmental action was first of their policy motions in the meeting.

This portion of the Internet transcription presents our fourth package of detailed photos of the destruction.  We are proceeding from east to west.  This segment presents the first REALLY BIG TREE DESTRUCTION.  This destruction is proposed in the northern part of the Magazine Beach playing fields on the Charles River.

These trees include very large trees.  They are only the beginning of the worst of the horror.

The constant “explanation” of the fake group on the front line is:   Do not look at what we are destroying.  Look at what we tell you to look at.

Magazine Beach is west of the BU Bridge on the Charles River.  You can also look at THE MOST RECENT PART OF the record of these terrible people, the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, the City of Cambridge, and their always varying front organizations / cheerleaders.

Here is a DCR map of the area in which they have destroyed already:

The destroyed area is the upper (northern) bank of the Charles River running from the BU Bridge on the far left to the Longfellow Bridge toward the top right.

The hundreds of trees plus animal habitat they have destroyed east of the BU Bridge on the Charles River is presented in our video on line at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTplCCEJP7o.  The reality of their “improvements” after the destruction East of the BU Bridge is presented at https://youtu.be/dWyCdcWMuAA.

The area they are attacking now is the area to the west of the BU Bridge running almost to the next bridge, the River Street Bridge.  Here is another DCR Map.

The Magazine Beach Recreation Area is the green area above the Charles River.  The BU Bridge is the grey area at the far right.  The gray line above the green area is Memorial Drive, the boulevard following the Charles River on its north.

The destruction in this report runs pretty much east (right) from the bottom of the double arrow as stated in greater detail in the below map.  The MWRA facility mentioned in prior reports shows to the left of the BU Bridge.  The facility is accessed from the DCR parking lot which is the up down white line to its left.  Destruction previously reported in this series first reported destruction following the MWRA facility from the Memorial Drive off ramp to the BU Bridge (part 2), along the parking lot, and then (part 3) reported destruction in the green playing field area to the Charles River except for the northernmost part of the playing fields, which we are reporting below.

The double arrow seems to be intended to communicate the pedestrian bridge over Memorial Drive connecting Magazine Beach to the north side of Memorial Drive.  Portions of this bridge show in photos in this report.

Part 2 of these reports went into the interconnection with the Destroyed Nesting Area of the Charles River White Geese which is at the far left of the second prior map, and is barely visible in part as the green triangle to the right of the BU Bridge in this map.

II. Repeats.

(1) Fraudulent Presentations, Heartless Animal Abuse, Poisons, and Flat out Fraud.

(A) The original presentation in the introduction to part 1 and in section 1 presented therewith is excellent, but it is so long that it would be silly to repeat it here.  The original summary is posted at: http://charlesriverwhitegeeseblog.blogspot.com/2017/06/charles-river-what-is-being-destroyed.html.

At the same time, the analyses of Cambridge corruption presented in the following reports is of great value.

(B) The first is the debunking of yet another con game fighting for destruction, but is directed to the head of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT), copies to the Cambridge City Manager and City Council.

Charles River:   Con Game fights for Destruction:  http://charlesriverwhitegeeseblog.blogspot.com/2017/06/charles-river-con-game-fights-for.html

(C) This is an attachment to the MassDOT letter.  It welcomed and briefed the then newly appointed (now current) City Manager on the environmental / planning outrage he inherited, both briefing him on the latest fake organization most visible in the front line fighting for destruction on the Charles River, and on the Cambridge Development Department, pulling a lot of strings from behind the scenes.

This report goes into detail on a 21 year plus fraud in which CCD lied as to the non existence of a major part of transportation plans on the Charles River, and EVERY SINGLE “EXPERT” ASSOCIATED WITH THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE’S FAKE “PROTECTIVE GROUPS” PARROTED THIS BLATANT LIE FOR THE ENTIRE PERIOD.

Charles River:   Trust Cambridge, MA. USA’s Development Dept.?:  http://charlesriverwhitegeeseblog.blogspot.com/2017/06/charles-river-trust-cambridge-ma-usas.html.

Links to the prior parts of this series of reports are in the last section below.

(2) Index to Maps.

The following map shows the portions of the Magazine Beach Playing Fields on the Charles River as presented in the Report.  Part 1 through 3 present sections 1 through 6.  This segment presents section 7 which shows in the DCR Black and White maps of the main playing field and of the eastern part of the Hill.  These Black and White DCR Maps are below in that order showing where section 7 appears, in context.  Double clicking will greatly increase the size and clarity of the map.

Index to maps, Sections 2 to 7.

Here are the two halves of the Black and White Plan for the Playing Fields.  Marked on the map are portions of the map which show in sections of this report from section 2 to 7.

The eastern portion of the map for the hill also reflects section 6 and 7.

III. Main New Material.

This section continues to use the numbering in the 51 page letter to the Cambridge City Manager and Cambridge City Council from which this material is derived.  It has been edited to change reference language to conform to difference in presentation from hard copy to Blog.

7. Northern Edge of Playing Fields.

A. Maps.

B. General Analysis.

This area is confusing.  There may be more trees here than show in the plans, but the plans are consistent from one to the other.

The color package adds destruction of one tree located to the east of the pedestrian bridge (the grey item to the left) and one tree south of the eastern end of the pedestrian bridge, just above the line of the work area..

Reason for destruction?  There may be one dead tree in the batch.  The rest include trees which only have 50 years left to live.

C. Photos.

(1) General.

Here is the area from the Memorial Drive side, moving from the east to the west.

The view to the west would be decimated.

I will take the question / issues from east to west.

(2) Eastern Portion.

The fourth tree from the eastern end is agreed to be destroyed on both the destruction plans.

Perhaps it is dying, but there is a lot of healthy tree there.  The photo above was taken in May.

The lower photo from October shows its location.  It is the tree on the right.  It definitely is not dead.

The trees to its east (left) are as viewed in the lower picture.

(3) Western Portion.

As we move west, we get into a group of very large trees.  Their size and close proximity makes photography very difficult.  Additionally, the lower branches have been commonly trimmed to allow for the close proximity of the grove of trees and their size.  The second and third proposed to be destroyed, moving east to west were agreed to be destroyed by both plans.  The fourth, added in the propaganda / color plan, towers over the pedestrian walkway.  They all look excellent to me.

The biggest problem is making out the functioning branches particularly on the first one.  These trees are SO big.

Below is the first one of the three, the second proposed to be destroyed moving from east to west.

It is in the center of the photo.  It does look as though its bark is split.  That could be the concern.  But, as Phil comments, trees grow through problems, and this is clearly an ancient, magnificent tree.

The next two doomed trees get even more distressing to see being destroyed.  The pair is below.  The limbs of the nearer (eastern  tree, taken from the overpass, are in the second photo, below.

The fourth tree in this group proposed to be destroyed, the furthest from the east, overwhelms the pedestrian walkway, below.  Why this tree would be is destroyed is inconceivable.

Are these irresponsible people “thinning” out the trees?  Flat out nuts.  But that was one of the many excuses used for the destruction of hundreds of trees east of the BU Bridge.  The excuses rather clearly varied with what the listener would swallow.

Most of the photos in this report were taken in mid May 2017.  I did not do as clear a job on location in taking these photos.  So I am going back to early October 2016.

In the photo below, the green structure barely visible on the left at the middle is the pedestrian overpass.

I hope the dead tree front left is the one added to the destruction list, showing at the bottom left of the color plan. I think the two trees visible closest behind it, right and left are not doomed.  The two further back are doomed, the pair I just mentioned, with the addition by the color plan.

The lighted tree between these five and the field stands would appear to be doomed, the first tree in this current four tree analysis moving from east to west, as shown in the first photo in this subsection (3).

IV. Prior Reports in this Series.

The official Cambridge, MA, USA, City Council record of this report is posted at http://cambridgema.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=1&ID=1815&Inline=True, pages 198 to 249.

PDF copies of the filing with the City Council / City Manager may be obtained from boblat@yahoo.com

Prior Reports in this series may be viewed at:

Part 1, June 10, 2017, repeating Section 1, Introduction, of the Report, in
Charles River: What is being destroyed next, Part 1 at: http://charlesriverwhitegeeseblog.blogspot.com/2017/06/charles-river-what-is-being-destroyed.html.

Part 2, June 11, 2017 Repeating Sections 2, Northeast Corner of the Playing Fields; and 3, Parking Lot of Playing Fields, of the Report, in:
Charles River: What is being destroyed next, Part 2, “Dead and Dying” reality of Magazine Beach, Early History of the Outrages, at: http://charlesriverwhitegeeseblog.blogspot.com/2017/06/charles-river-what-is-being-destroyed_11.html

Part 3, June 14, 2017, Repeating Sections 4, Southern Edge of Playing Fields; 5, The Starvation Wall; and 6, The middle of the playing fields.  Poison usage.  Drainage for poisons that should not be used. of the Report, in:
Charles River, MA:   Magazine Beach Playing Fields Destruction, Council report part 3, sections 4 to 6, Starvation Wall, Use of Poisons, Some Dead Trees, at:  http://charlesriverwhitegeeseblog.blogspot.com/2017/06/charles-river-ma-magazine-beach-playing.html

Charles River, MA: Magazine Beach Playing Fields Destruction, Council report part 3, sections 4 to 6, Starvation Wall, Use of Poisons, Some Dead Trees

Charles River, MA:   Magazine Beach Playing Fields Destruction, Council report part 3, sections 4 to 6, Starvation Wall, Use of Poisons, Some Dead Trees

I. Introductory.
II. Repeats.
(1) Fraudulent Presentations, Heartless Animal Abuse, Poisons, and flat out fraud.
(2) Index to Maps.
III. Main New Material.
4. Southern Edge of Playing Fields.
5. The Starvation Wall.
6. The middle of the playing fields.  Poison usage.  Drainage for poisons that should not be used.

I. Introductory.

This is the third report in a series presenting on the Internet a report delivered to the Cambridge, MA, USA City Manager on June 6, 2017, and to the Cambridge, MA, USA by way of the City Clerk at the City Council meeting of June 12, 2017..

This portion of the Internet transcription presents our third package of detailed photos of the destruction.  We are proceeding from east to west.  This segment presents destruction existing, planned, and intended to be expanded at the playing fields of Magazine Beach in the area from those playing fields to the Charles River.

The trees being destroyed in this segment are truly dead and dying.  They are part of the small minority which fraudulent words claim justify the destruction of 54 trees.  But the situation gets much worse because Cambridge, MA, USA would continue the very terrible situation in the area in question, ON THE BANKS OF THE CHARLES RIVER:

(1) Since the 2000s, this area has been subjected to use of poisons WHICH HAVE FAILED, to the extent they have any business on the banks of the Charles River in the first place.  The plans the Cambridge City Council wants to subsidize would replace failed poison drinking grass with new poison drinking grass and would expand the use of poisons; and

(2) The project would continue a bizarre Starvation Wall of introduced bushes which has no meaningful value except to keep the popular Charles River White Geese from their home and food of most of the last 36 years by walling off the Magazine Beach playing fields from the Charles River.  The bizarre wall is admitted to be a failure.  The portion of Magazine Beach nearest the Charles River is now a pariah to visitors because of the bizarre wall blocking view of the river.

When Cambridge and the state bureaucrats installed this bizarre wall, they said they were creating a lawn to the river.  One of their fake groups conducted a swim in to celebrate the lawn to the river.

Now the local fake group’s mantra is to tell people not to look at what they are doing, except that “somebody” put the words “dead and dying” into the City Council motion as justification for funds, and the City Council motion fights for but the does not mention, the continuation of the poisons and the starvation wall.

The first on line segment of our report, Part 1, The Summary, 6/10/17, is posted at
http://charlesriverwhitegeeseblog.blogspot.com/2017/06/charles-river-what-is-being-destroyed.html.

The Second on line segment, Part 2, “Dead and Dying” reality of Magazine Beach, Early History of the Outrages.
http://charlesriverwhitegeeseblog.blogspot.com/2017/06/charles-river-what-is-being-destroyed_11.html.

Magazine Beach is west of the BU Bridge on the Charles River.  You can also look at THE MOST RECENT PART OF the record of these terrible people.  The hundreds of trees plus animal habitat they have destroyed east of the BU Bridge on the Charles River is presented in our video on line at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTplCCEJP7o.  The reality of their “improvements” after the destruction East of the BU Bridge is presented at https://youtu.be/dWyCdcWMuAA.

II. Repeats.

(1) Fraudulent Presentations, Heartless Animal Abuse, Poisons, and Flat out Fraud.

The original presentation in the introduction to part 1 is excellent, but it is so long that it would be silly to repeat it here.  The original summary is posted at:http://charlesriverwhitegeeseblog.blogspot.com/2017/06/charles-river-what-is-being-destroyed.html.

At the same time, the analyses of Cambridge corruption presented in the following reports is of great value.

Charles River:   Con Game fights for Destruction:  http://charlesriverwhitegeeseblog.blogspot.com/2017/06/charles-river-con-game-fights-for.html

Charles River:   Trust Cambridge, MA. USA’s Development Dept.?:  http://charlesriverwhitegeeseblog.blogspot.com/2017/06/charles-river-trust-cambridge-ma-usas.html.

(2) Index to Maps.

III. Main New Material.

This section continues to use the numbering in the 51 page letter to the Cambridge City Manager and Cambridge City Council from which this material is derived.  It has been edited to change reference language to conform to difference in presentation from hard copy to Blog.

4. Southern Edge of Playing Fields.

A. Maps.

These three trees, all apparently planted in the 2000s outrage definitely look dead.  Their existence, contrary to the sales pitch, does not justify destroying the 54 trees supported by order 1.

C. Photos.

Below are individual pictures.  All were clearly planted in the 2000s outrage.

Below is a group picture.

One tree is in the foreground.  One is skinny and to the right, a sort of a bean pole in front of the right bush.  The third is visible over the bushes.

These three and the two dead near the sidewalk make five dead or dying trees.

That is not grounds to destroy 54.

5. The Starvation Wall.

A. Maps.

B. Analysis.

Section 1F, above, succinctly summarizes a major part of the problem.

The DCR admits that the Starvation Wall introduced by Cambridge and the DCR in the 2000s is a failure to the extent it has any purpose except heartless animal abuse, deliberately starving the Charles River White Geese by keeping them from their food and home of most of the last 36 years.

The key lie in the establishment of this 16 foot high wall of introduced vegetation was in the Charles River “Master Plan,” which promised a lawn to the river.  The promise of a lawn to the river was amended after the fact.  During the planning on the Charles River, the DCR constantly demanded nothing but water related activities on the Charles River.  So the DCR and Cambridge turned the Playing Fields by this wall into an area which might as well be ten miles from any body of water whatsoever.

The DCR admits that people do not use the area next to the Starvation Wall because it is so foreboding.  The DCR promises to temporarily trim the wall so that the Charles River can be seen.  The key to the lie is that the DCR DOES NOT MAINTAIN ITS PROPERTY.  If the DCR maintained its property, this wall would not be 16 feet higher OR MORE.  The DCR did not use “temporarily” in its promise.  I live in reality.

The falsely named Charles River “Conservancy” gave another excuse for the Starvation Wall.  They conducted a swim in to brag that it would improved swimming in the Charles River.  Since people are kept from access to the Charles River, the “swimming” argument was a big a lie as calling this entity a “Conservancy.”  To my knowledge, the entity has routinely rubber stamped whatever outrage the DCR is fighting for.

The responsible thing to do is to remove the Starvation Wall down TO THE ROOTS, AND TRASH THE ENTIRE THING.  The DCR claims it cannot do this.  Looking at the destruction of hundreds of trees between the BU and Longfellow Bridges with the removal of massive amounts of dirt, this latest claim is obviously just another flat out lie.  The results of massive dirt removal is shown in “Nature and Beauty . . ,” link below.

Please see our videos for detailed proof of this latest flat out lie:   “The Destruction of Memorial Drive . . . Final Cut” may be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTplCCEJP7o.  The City Council and City Manager have been provided one DVD record copy each and each member of the City Council has been provided his / her individual copy.  For prove of the flat out lie in claimed “improvements,” please see our video “Nature and Beauty Ripped out along the Charles River” at https://youtu.be/dWyCdcWMuAA.

C. Photos.

Here are file photos showing this outrage.

Here is a view from the Boston side in 2011.  The Starvation Wall has only gotten worse.

The Charles River White Geese, during the initially implementation of this outrage had the nerve to go through the opening as it then existed and FEED.  Going through the opening was taken care of with massive construction of bushes ONLY in such a location as to prevent the Charles River White Geese from getting to food.  The land side of the only opening in the Starvation Wall.

My notes on this photo read “2012?”.

The only opening in this introduced Starvation Wall may properly be understood in comparison to this adult woman standing in it.  This photo, also, was taken years ago.  The introduced Starvation Wall has grown and grown.

And here are some photos from May 2017.

Remember, this introduced 16 foot or higher wall of bushes
HIDES THE CHARLES RIVER

It was promised to be a LAWN TO THE RIVER.

Order 1 of April 24, 2017 continues the existence of this outrage WHILE FUNDING MASSIVE ADDITIONAL DESTRUCTION.

6. The middle of the playing fields.  Poison usage.  Drainage for poisons that should not be used.

A. Maps.

The first map combines cuts from 3 masters.

At the top, bottom half, is the western introduced drainage area to drain off poisons which should not be there in the first place.

Below the photo of this introduced drainage area is a playing field segment connected by a throat to the main playing field.

To the right of this playing field segment is the east drainage area to drain off poisons which should not be there in the first place.

The third photo fills in the playing field area.

These areas are clearer in the colored plan.

B. Photos.

(1) Poison on the banks of the Charles River fails.  So they want more poisons.

In the middle of the playing fields are excellent examples of the folly of poisons.

What is the solution for poison drinking grass which has failed?  According to the DCR and the Development Department, the solution is to put in more poison drinking grass, and expand the poison drinking grass to the top of the hill, expand it to behind the pool; expand it to the area where Cambridge and the DCR have already destroyed hundreds of trees east of the BU Bridge.  Expand the poison drinking grass in place of SUCCESSFUL, RESPONSIBLE grass which has survived the better part of a Century.

Why?  The DCR loves poisons, and contractors get paid to put in poisons.  Make work for contractors.

Responsible maintenance does not make money for contractors.  Installation of poisons do make money for contractors.

Responsible behavior is to get rid of all the poisons and to make Magazine Beach clean, as it was for the better part of a century before the Outrages of the 2000s by the DCR and Cambridge.

B. Fancy Drainage System to drain off poisons which should not be used in the first place.

And here, they paid contractors to put in a fancy drainage system to drain off poisons they should not be using on the banks of the Charles.

The contractors are happy.  What else matters?

Responsible behavior would be not to use poisons on the banks of the Charles River.

And Cambridge has a controlled fake protective group which has indulged in corrupt behavior to get things through AFTER LOSING WHEN THEY PRESENTED THEIR IDEAS TO THE PUBLIC.  This is a soft touch for make work for contractors.

By contrast, the trees planned to be destroyed next to the private Boat House in the western part of the Magazine Beach Reservation got pulled off the list.  The people in the private Boat House who would be hurt by that tree destruction are not controlled.

The official City Council record of this report is posted at http://cambridgema.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=1&ID=1815&Inline=True, page 198

PDF copies of the filing may be obtained from boblat@yahoo.com