Pavilion Petition-a-lujah!
Help keep your
Union Square Pavilion a public space by signing the below petition. We
will print and deliver the petition to Union Square
Partnership and the Parks Department in the coming weeks.
To: New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
CC: Union Square Partnership
We, the undersigned, believe the historic Pavilion at Union Square must
be kept public space for use by the people of New York City. The
Pavilion's priceless legacy as a platform for children and families,
musicians, and progressive political activists must not be subverted by
a backroom deal to turn it into a restaurant. The Union Square
neighborhood is saturated with restaurants, yet New York City is
starving for public space.
The First Amendment, invoked in public space, is a community's
greatest weapon against repression and exploitation. Emma Goldman and
Paul Robeson and countless activists have demonstrated this at Union
Square, winning the 40 hour work week and other freedoms we now take
for granted. A high-end restaurant on the site of the Pavilion will
have a chilling effect on the essential demonstrations and organizing
that take place on the north side of the Square to this day, and will
swindle the families and people of New York City out of yet another
commercial-free space for community use.
We call on the City and Union Square Partnership to preserve and invest
in the Pavilion as a public space for the public good, and terminate
their plan to convert it into a restaurant.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned
Sign The Petiton!
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IF YOUR NAME CARRIES PUBLIC WEIGHT: we'd like to contact you to confirm your signature. Please send an email with CONFIRM in the subject heading to stopshoppingchoir@earthlink.net.
All contact information will be kept private.
The Signatories
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