A Blot on Summer’s Bounty

“The immediate cause of this complaint was the sudden, unannounced decision, a week ago, to turn the bandshell area, the focal point of the entire park, into a construction site. Scaffolding now encases the bandshell itself and a 10-foot tall chicken-wire gate, supported by massive metal piles driven into the pavement, has taken over half of the adjoining plaza.”— James Gardner, New York Sun. June 2, 2003. Download PDF