Tomorrow morning, at 9:30 in Rochester City Court in the Public Safety Building, Anthony Pilato will be arraigned on charges stemming from his “improvements” to the undeveloped part of Durand Eastman Park. Larry Staub, Director of Monroe County Parks, said “He admitted to using a bulldozer and hiring some people with chainsaws to come in and help him. He was taking this narrow footpath and widening it to a thoroughfare. … I’ve never seen anything as wildly offensive as this.”
We’ve taken the path several times since and find it so sad that someone would do this to such a beautiful part of the woods. Anyone who watched the Ken Burns National Parks series could see what a heroic effort it took to set aside park land from development. We have learned that Lisa who lives on Spring Valley called both the town of Irondequoit and the DEC when she heard the “bulldozer man” tearing up the woods. Neither one of of those calls where acted upon until the bulldozer came out the other end of the park. Ken Burns could have used some footage of this 72 year old guy driving a bulldozer through the park.
Ah, but it’s not the “end of the world”. Take a look at the So Many Records, So Little Time site today.
Additional coverage can be found at Channel 8, and Channel 13, Democrat & Chronicle and Irondequoit Post.
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