I don't want to pass judgement on the opening of the new park near Fort Pilar. Molded after the Manila Baywalk with lights that I believe cost half a million each and paved walks, its opening has been long overdue. It was opened to the public a week ago with very little funfare maybe because the weather did not permit such. a thunderstorm raged during the opening night with text messages of bomb threats and traffic around the city. The next day still saw the mayor visiting the promanade with a band playing before a fifteen minute fireworks show.
Now for the nitty gritty of things. The area is still bare. The restaurants offer mostly the usual fare donuts, grilled chicken and barbeque. the crowd are the usual suspects. I presume its the same ones coming from the Boulevard. Now that Cawacawa is under renovation of monstrous proportion, they see the paseo as an alternative. A week after the opening, friday night, not too much came to visit. There were nothing to do there anyway. Nothing unusual to see. Maybe they can put up free cultural shows there. Or a tiangge. Or a concert. I don't know what will work best, but I hope the opportunity to make Zamboanga proud of something won't go to waste.
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