Soon, the temperatures will rise and the all-night parties will return. The evidence is everywhere. It litters all the banks and is scrawled on surrounding buildings. Beer cans and empty liquor bottles are scattered under trees. Empty cigarette packages and condoms lay tangled in the brush on the edge of the water, waiting to be washed downstream from the heart of the city.
Vulgar graffiti covers rocks and posts.
Yes, there has been a two-month party on the waterfront by First Avenue. And, if the nights warm up, it will continue. The fun doesn't just start after the bars close. Public drinking and partying can be seen at nearly any hour of the day on this stretch of land between the White Pass building and Strickland Ave. And with the substance abuse comes crime.