[Bobby Williams]
There was some discussion in the EV Grieve comments... Both positive...
I like this. The Macintosh empowered creative people and gave expression, connection, and life to an entire community that woud otherwise have been ignored by the big computer and software companies. For this we can thank Steve Jobs, and planting a beautiful redwood tree in our park, (that has lost too many trees this year) seems humble and appropriate.
...and more, uh, critical, like from nygrump...
Who the fuck 'authorized' a tree for steve jobs. what the fuck did he do for the East Village that would warrant a tree. - oh wait, under fascism we glorify the corporate heads.
... and inquisitive, like this from Stedman...
How is Steve Jobs connected to the East Village? Seriously. I want to know.
How about we dedicate the tree to Bob Arihood instead?
Only bringing this up because a worker has added Jobs's name to the tree plaque in the Park... (it's the one on the bottom, below Andrew Johnston, an East Village resident and a writer for Time Out, who died of colon cancer on Oct. 26, 2008).
Previously on EV Grieve:
RUMORS: Memorial tree for Steve Jobs planned for Tompkins Square Park