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| Night Out Against Crime, Tuesday, August 6, 5-8 PM, Dag Plaza Our local 17th Precinct police officers bring live music, carnival games, grilled burgers, photo ops with police vehicles and crime prevention tips to Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, 2nd Avenue and East 47th Street. The show goes on despite the ever-shrinking park space available to the public amid a maze of fencing. Be sure to visit our table and share your concerns with city officials. No sooner had Parks erected a chain-link construction fence parallel to the seating wall on either side of the DOB-permitted barrier fence that bisects the Plaza than NYPD ordered removal of Parks’ construction fence until after the UN General Assembly meets in September. Demolition and tree protection were underway when NYPD concerns added yet another layer of bureaucratic wrangling as lawyers dicker over who bears responsibility and who pays. Seven months have passed since the park’s $4 million capital renovation was stopped by safty scaffolding and wood fencing erected by Orsid management for facade repairs to the rear facade of 333 East 46th Street. Shop the greenmarket on Wednesdays and the newly opened OASIS Juice Bar offering a menu of delicious smoothies, salads and grains. Help keep the plaza healthy and vibrant with your patronage. |
