Beautiful White River State Park - NOT!

Actually, it's a very nice park in Fall, Winter and Spring. But in the summertime, when people really WANT to be outside, the park gets overrun by various commercial ventures. The net result is, when people would like visit the park, it's overflowing with stuff that gets in the way.

On top of that, the Park's parking lot is barricaded and limited to having dumpsters, port-a-potties, delivery trucks and a few "VIP" parking priviledges.

A one-day concert typically leaves its mark on the park for almost a week, counting the setup and teardown times. What's worse, if there are events scheduled a week apart (or so) then the park gets screwed up for half a month or more.

This blog will document the mess and crass-commercialization of White River State Park in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana as these various events unfold in what used to be a clean, quiet and open greenspace that 'regular folk' could enjoy anytime they had the time to bring the family down. Now, it's a crapshoot, and you neve know when your carload of disappointed youngsters will be turned away because some Big Corporation has taken over the public park for their own financial gain.