drew

I'd also point out that while it's certainly bad that we rely on billionaires for things like this (let alone that we have billionaires at all), this is historically how a significant portion of important NYC public park stuff has been built, like the Delacorte theater

Where they do Shakespeare in the park. There are absolutely many reasonable objections to this model but none of them are that this is a new way of doing things, especially for nyc

right? This is neither new nor troubling

Also frankly if we're not going to get rid of billionaires it's nice when they spend their money on nice public goods instead of on politicians. It not a bad thing when the people with way too much power actually feel some sense of social responsibility for it!

Plus the park looks dope and I'm excited to go check it out before it becomes just incredibly crowded

already too late I hear

It's not even open to the public yet right?

it is, gf tried to go@today