Politics and Policy

510: Gordon Davis

Just after his team rebuilt Central Park’s Sheep Meadow, it turned completely brown. Why? “How do I know? I’m not an arborist. I’m not a horticulturist. I can’t tell an elm from an oak. That wasn’t my job.” His job was Parks Commissioner; his solution was to water the lawn. It worked. Produced with the NYC Department of Records and Information Services. Music: Rashad Brown.

Person: Geoff Howard
Place: the Sheep Meadow
Thing: a brass ashtray
Randy’s Thing: a sprinkler on a timer

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