More NY: Jane's Carousel, Central Park audio, MoMA
“Installation of Waste Not as part of Projects 90: Song Dong at MoMA” from MoMA’s YouTube channel.
Central Park cell-phone tour launches (Post) Starting today, signs posted throughout the park will provide a phone number and a code visitors can dial to hear the likes of Alec Baldwin, Kevin Bacon and Isabella Rossellini ramble on about the Ramble, the Great Lawn and the Reservoir.
Jane’s Carousel heading to Brooklyn Bridge Park (Brownstoner) The Carousel will be located on the western edge of the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park inside the pavilion designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Jean Nouvel.
Airport security fast-pass company goes belly up (USA Today) A statement on Verified’s website said the company “had been unable to negotiate an agreement with its senior creditor to continue operations.” There was no information about whether enrollees would get refunds.
Federal judge nixes NYC’s hybrid taxi law (NY Times) Judge Paul A. Crotty of Federal District Court in Manhattan said a plan to financially penalize taxi owners who refused to buy hybrid cars amounted to an effort by the city to mandate emissions standards — a right that, under existing laws, belongs solely to the federal government.
