Quick Fact: How Zuccotti Park came to pass...

[Earth_First]

Although the park is technically private property, Brookfield is required to allow public access to it 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The city made this a requirement in 1968, when the original owners, U.S. Steel, wanted to build more stories at 1 Liberty than zoning allowed. They got the extra floors and the public got a park on private property

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/occupy_wall_street/2011/10/14/2011-10-14_zuccotti_park_owners_received_nearly_700000_in_govt_handouts_since_911_terrorist.html#ixzz1amkSxbIX

Not sure anyone cares (or already knows...) but I didn't know this and thought I'd pass it along...

[annabanana]

1. It is a good tidbit to have at the ready... The taxpayers allowed this

park in exchange for a few stories of business..

[indepat]

4. And the effin' city acted as if this was typical private property.

Effin' mendacious and duplicitous assholes of the first order. :patriot:

[ProgressiveProfessor]

2. NYT had something similar yesterday

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/14/nyregion/zuccotti-park-is-privately-owned-but-open-to-the-public.html?_r=3

[Earth_First]

3. +1

...an even better link.

Thanks for sharing!