Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward abruptly closes park, angering homeless and their supporters – The Mainichi

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1. > There were four homeless residents in the park at the time. Three of these people were given access to private apartments rented by the ward, while one person remained in the park. The homeless advocate said the person who stayed there did so due to an excess of belongings needing to be moved.

   Calling them “residents” is a bit misleading since they aren’t supposed to be living there in the first place. Also, it was *one* guy bc he had too much shit to move to a **private apartment**. Fuck this guy.

2. Park closings in Shibuya can get pretty wild. They tried to give Nike naming rights to redevelop Miyashita park years ago, and it turned into an epic cluster-fuck. I think one protester died

3. I love the logic of we couldn’t give notice, because we only formally decided to do it yesterday