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Miles from the Mainstream
D. R. ZUKERMAN, proprietor
Accentuating the Negative

AUGUST 28, 2006 --

This is not a singer. It is Senator Charles E. Schumer speaking to the crowd gathered on Central Park's Great Lawn, August 23, for a Metropolitan Opera concert performance of Rigoletto. LPR heard the senator used park property to attack Republicans for not spending enough tax dollars on the arts. Of
course Mr. Schumer did not mention any political party or personality, leaving the audience to decide whom he was referring to as "they."

Senator Charles E. Schumer


This is not the UN flag. Among other things, there is no UN logo on the blue field. For all LPR knows, it is another outdoor artwork -- this on Columbus Avenue, at 85th street.

Artwork?

There is no dress code at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, where Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline are appearing in "Mother Courage." And that is, uh, the
short of it, as indicated by these people waiting for the August 17th performance to get underway.

Delacorte Crowd.

This is not a summer sculpture of motorcycles at McDonald's, on Torrington's Main Street. These are active motorcycles -- even the small one -- photographed in Torrington on August 22.

Motorcycles at McDonald's.