Sunday, August 26, 2018

Prepping for the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival in Tompkins Square Park


[Photo by Steven]

The stage for the 26th annual Charlie Parker Jazz Festival rolled into Tompkins Square Park yesterday... (find the lineup for the free show, which is 3-7 p.m. today, right here).

And this morning...



... and later this morning (added at 11:30 a.m.)...


[Photo by Steven]

Ahead of the show, Park workers yesterday filled in the tranquil pond/mud bath/T-Rex footprint, which looked like...



... to this...



Unfortunately, the infill didn't last... a tire track appeared later in the day...


[Photo by Goggla]

2 comments:

JQ LLC said...

Disgraceful. Shows the Parks Dept. is only concerned with promoting and holding concerts, outdoor movies and "events" than maintaining the cleanliness, safety and infrastructure of the parks. Especially since Summerstage has a branded rig.

Good revelatory post grieve.

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Giovanni said...

It’s also Women’s Equality Day and the Topless March is about to begin in midtown, so hopefully the two events will eventually converge and become the Charlie Parker Topless Jazz Festival.