Mile End Park, Neglect and Attention
Mile End Park on a week day afternoon in December. Impressions: Distant sirens. Flourishing arts, eco pavilion, wild life and wild plants. Canal and narrow boats. Drizzle and wet grass. Hipsters, headphones, phone conversations, student halls, cyclists, dogs. Stagnant water, lurid green algae, floating cans and a pair of fat rats. Question: The dead green water used …