Both sides say the Boathouse changed its banquet operation during the winter.
Brennan plans to move onto the estate when renovations are complete but, in the meantime, has established a "glamping," or glamorous camping, operation, a boathouse restaurant and a wedding venue to help pay the bills".Seafront properties are rare around here," Mr. Brennan said.
In announcing the gift, the corporation's board of directors said Mr. Rechnitz had offered to underwrite the design and construction of the structure, which would also include a public boathouse, space for park maintenance operations and bathrooms.
Anthony Walton, the director of operations at the Loeb Boathouse in Central Park, said that 98 aluminum rowboats are available for rent at $12 an hour.
(The site is operated by John Connors, the founder of the Boathouse advertising agency, and his staff).
That was about what Mr. Poll, who already runs the Central Park Boathouse and its restaurant, said when he explained his plans for the bathrooms at Tavern — and the rest of the operation.
It came with a boathouse.
We like the Loeb boathouse.
Later, a second boathouse was added.
