Tuesday, September 23, 2014

A Summer of Leaky Water Fountains


We have a wonderful park behind our house. It's Potts Park, the pocket park that's become popular even though it's hidden away on a back street. If we were to, in true Princetonian fashion, ignore its many fine features and instead zero in on an annoying fault, it would be the water fountain that on and off all summer refused to turn off, despite attempts to fix it. Other parks, too, like Harrison Street Park, succumbed to water fountain dysfunction. Perhaps all the sand kids keep putting in there gets lodged in the mechanism. Or maybe town parks departments, seeking the most foolproof fountain to buy, assuming they have a budget, need the sort of online equipment reviews we use to make purchase decisions.

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