Neighbors have been growing increasingly unhappy about the loss of the Upper West Side's Damrosch Park to Mercedes Benz Fashion Week and the Big Apple Circus, and now, in the natural progression of such things, they're suing over it. A group of area residents have filed suit hoping to stop the park's transfer to Lincoln Center, which already rents out the park for private events, according to the suit. The city argues in a statement that Lincoln Center also presents hundreds of free public events each year. A fair trade-off? [Real Deal; previously]
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