Of all the things that were predicted to come out of MetLife's 2006 blockbuster sale of Stuy Town-Peter Cooper Village, we don't recall anyone forecasting a retelling of West Side Story featuring dance-fighting squirrels. Yet someone is raising funds on Kickstarter to produce Central Park Tale, that starts with black squirrels being evicted from Stuy Town and meeting resistance from the grey squirrels who control Central Park, where the former group seeks refuge. [Animal NY]
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