Before - Lush and Green

After -

All these lovely plants have been ripped up. It's unbelievably sad. I've been seriously depressed since this happened. Despite the fact that we removed the driftwood and seats from the beachfront according to the ordinance paperwork we were issued, the police still insisted on smashing up all the plants we'd left there, out of spite it seems. How can they call the destruction of a beautiful garden 'progress' or 'beautifying the beach'? These local officials have no souls. All the love and energy Joey put into creating a beautiful space for everyone to enjoy, wiped out.

This is what the 'powers that be' call "upgrading" and "beautifying the beach". Their next pointless project apparantly is to pour concrete over the sandy beach pathway. What a joke.