Nicky Young won’t give up the two concrete skate ramps that he and community members built in a popular skateboard park without a fight, even though the city has warned it will remove them.
“We will lock ourselves to the ramp, if we find out when (demolition) is happening,” said Young, a 32-year-old skater and community organizer.
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Skateboarder Nicky Young sits atop a wooden ramp in Christie Pits park. Behind him is one of two DIY concrete quarter pipes built by volunteers that the city wants to remove because they are unauthorized.