Public Space Turned Private

On Thanksgiving, the NYPD effectively turned West 61st street into a private playground for guests of the Trump Tower.

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December 4, 2009, 5:00 AM PST

"One side street, however, was off-limits to them [parade attendees]: West 61st between Broadway and Central Park West. Police officers stretched sawhorses across the street at Broadway to make sure no one entered. No one, that is, except a privileged few who passed muster with concierges who served as gatekeepers."

"The ultimate guardians, though, were two gray-suited Trump employees holding lists of people staying at the hotel and their invited guests. If you were not on the lists, you were not getting onto that street."

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