Echo Chamber: Stuff bouncing around everywhere
CENTRAL TERMINAL champion Russell Pawlak is resigning as president of the Central Terminal Restoration Corp. Pawlak, who grew up near the terminal, has been steering the restoration for at least the past ten years. “We proved a band of creative, dedicated people could make a difference,” Pawlik told Mark Sommer of the Buffalo News. Anyone who has been to any of the several events hosted at the Terminal in recent years can testify to the great work Pawlak has done. We certainly hope someone with the same drive, vision and energy steps up to try and take his place.
3 NYC DETECTIVES on trail for the shooting of Sean Bell had all charges dismissed this morning. Bell, who was unarmed and died in a hail of 50 bullets, was killed only hours before he was to be married. The trouble began at a bar where he was having his stag party.
April 19, 2008
Goodbye to a NY Icon!
Buffalo isn’t alone when it comes to blunders. I got an email from my best friend in NYC yesterday who was walking through Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village. “You’re not going to believe this,” he said. The fountain is gone.” He’s right, I couldn’t believe it. Then he sent me photos. Going against a sea of public outcry and court challenges the city went in and tore out one of NY’s most iconic images, the fountain at this park. The fountain had served as a gathering place for decades for kids to splash, residents to cool off and where folk singers from Pete Seeger to Bob Dylan, Peter Paul & Mary and thousands of others came to jam. A sad day, indeed. They say they’re going to replace it with a smaller fountain moved somewhere else in the park. Was this really necessary?
