Thursday, October 26, 2017

Barry Diller's On-Again, Off-Again Floating Park And Arts Center Is Back On Again

"Just six weeks after billionaire Barry Diller scrapped plans to build a 2.7-acre floating park on the Hudson River, Governor Andrew Cuomo has swooped in and saved the project. The governor said in a statement Wednesday that he’s brokered a compromise between the Hudson River Park Trust, which was overseeing the $250 million project, and the City Club of New York, its main opposition, which was reportedly bankrolled by Diller's fellow billionaire Douglas Durst.



Article source here:Arts Journal

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