Rhino, the lawn on the other side of the walk way (what little we can see of it) appears fairly lush. You don't have a larger
photo of the area do you? I thought maybe they have a demo lawn on that side, like a before and after sort of thing going on?
(wouldn't be as funny of course and a good reason to crop the photo)
Lawn looked much better back in '09, but then didn't we all. The green hose has held up well.