With the partial eviction of Occupiers over the weekend, McPherson Square is no longer full to the point that the local community cannot enjoy it. Instead, it is a mud-bowl that no one can really enjoy. Occupiers managed to undo most of a $400,000 park renovation that was completed last year with stimulus funding.
Some tents still stand on the site, but far fewer than before. The large wooden painted signs remain, and a few cardboard ones have been erected as well. One gentleman was sleeping on a wooden pallet at the park's north end this morning, as Occupiers and police officers milled about. On the south end of the park, trucks had arrived to gather up the metal police barriers that remained from the weekend's activity.
To give some context to Occupy, here's what McPherson looked like when the very first Occupiers arrived:
And here are a few photos from this morning:
