Gradual Progress at Furness Pocket Park

Now that the mosaic at Furness Pocket Park is unveiled, it is worth thinking about what other incremental changes can be made.  The park itself has been vastly improved by the extra flowerbeds and planting that Brent Parks service contributed as part of the project. 

However, the area of pavement immediately by the park is rather scrappy.  Part of the Harlesden Town Centre project is to remove the old Harlesden City Challenge railings that you can see below.

I am hoping that this could be combined with repaving a small area immediately outside the park entrance, and perhaps replacing the benches below, which are also pretty run down.

Doing things bit by bit like this may seem slow and frustrating, but it still represents progress and it builds up over time.  I think removing the railings at the front so that people did not just allow their dogs loose in the park actually made a big improvement.  Along with the dog mess bin I asked to be installed ages ago, it has made the park much more usable by people.  It was good to see at the Kensal Green Streets event on Saturday that there were small children running about, which the prevalence of dog mess had previously made difficult. 

We have also seen progress on flytipping with the installation of fencing facing Harlesden High Street, and more recently next to the adjoining house.  And of course, we also planted the two cherry trees that are just now blossoming. 

Over time this all adds up.