Fence plan makes no sense
To The Editor:
Re “City goes for the fences to increase parks access” (news article, March 3):
Trying to fix a problem that doesn’t exist could create new problems. Fences around gardens, like the Jefferson Market Garden, prevent rowdy tourists from vandalizing the park. Fences, like the one around Passannante Ball Field, at Houston St. and Sixth Ave., keep balls and other sports equipment from rolling into traffic and serve as a bit of a barrier in a high-traffic site.
Isn’t the Mercer St. playground slated to be demolished with the N.Y.U. 2031 expansion plan and replaced by a “Tricycle Garden”? Why spend more taxpayer dollars on a park that the court has already determined isn’t a park, and may not exist once construction begins?
Stacy Walsh Rosenstock
To catch a Katz’s ticket thief
To The Editor:
Re “ ‘Where’s your ticket?’ A prison of pastrami” (notebook, by Beth Kaiserman, March 3):
I once sussed out a ticket thief next to me on the Katz’s sandwich line. I had my ticket on the tray while waiting for my sample pastrami. Then it was gone. After persistence and confrontation, I got the lowlife to return mine.
I don’t think that thief went into Katz’s looking to steal a ticket; he saw, what for him, was an opportunity at my literal expense. To save face, or avoid prosecution, he pretended it was an accident. If you are willing to steal, then lying to others and yourself is easy.
He probably justified it as “finders keepers, losers weepers.” I’ve seen this on the M14D when I found, to later return, a lost wallet. A viper on the bus, who I beat to the wallet, was amazed that I would do that. He would have kept it, he said, and then recited the offensive limerick.
Jared Goldstein
a.k.a. Jared the NYC Tour Guide
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