We were the first to document the laying of astroturf at Cadman Plaza Park. Today, the New York Daily News covers the story:
New York Daily News: A Synthetic Solution to Cadman Park Dust: "It's pretty shocking, but I can't say it's unexpected," said Muffet Jones, a member of the Cadman Park Community Council. "It's what I thought it would look like, but esthetically it's a disaster."
The choice of synthetic turf was just one aspect of the project that irked parkgoers, including veterans who were angry over a plan to move flagpoles from a Brooklyn war memorial.
"Sometimes you just can't fight a group of people who forgot about World War II veterans," said Roy Vanasco, 81, a veteran who lives in Fort Greene. "We won World War II, but we lost this battle."
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