In terms of taking parkland for private interests, I remember helping to get citizens to sign petitions against Donald Mannes’ project for putting a racetrack in Flushing Meadow Corona Park.
Fortunately, it did not happen. Now the fight has centered around the building of a soccer stadium. Same encroachment, new commodity.
Ideally, I would like to see a bakery put in that space. I would rather have a sacher torte than a soccer court.
Harriet Lembeck
Forest Hills