Saturday, July 21, 2007

Fountain of Youth

Every evening, people from all walk of life pass through this derelict fountain, located within the heart of the city center. On this recreational space which emphasis on horizontal design with children's sensibility in mind, we can find teenagers playing with their skateboards, friends hanging out together and sometimes lovers spotted pouring their hearts out to each other.

The scenes are pretty much normal in any other recreational space in Malaysia except for the unkept and forgotten fountain plus what used to be recreational ornaments such as web structure made of plastic for climbing and giant golf balls designed for sitting. The setting of this so-called sanctuary was shortlived and survived only several years after completion. Now, in its sorry state no one is claiming responsibility. The Mahkota Parade management, the local council and the state government failed to response to this definite site of eye sore.

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