A12 NEW YORK/REGION B1-7 City Scraps Size Limits On Great Lawn Events The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation has agreed to back away from the main part of a controversial regulation limiting public events on the Great Lawn in Central Park to 50,000 people.
"You still have Major League Baseball and Bank of America using the lawn for events that work with their advertising," she said.
But this time, after word spread Mr. Lazio would be in Chappaqua, his campaign office called a brief news conference on Mr. O'Keefe's lawn before the event.
Speaking on Ms. Tucker's lawn after the event — where invitees enjoyed beer, water and hors d'ouevres butlered by one of Ms. Tucker's daughters — Dick Hinch, a Republican state representative, said he has considered rescinding his previous endorsement of former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty.
As most audiences are expected to do, this one gathered on the "Event Lawn," one of several programmable spaces in the park, which drops about 90 feet in grade from its highest point along Grand Avenue to its lowest, three blocks away at Spring Street.
In addition to charging for lawn seating, the event promoters prohibited concertgoers from bringing beverages, including bottled water, to the lawn; drinks instead had to be purchased onsite.
What: Outdoor induction ceremony with free viewing from lawn; some related events have admission charges.
"One answer is, you post a bond if you're going to use the lawn" for a large event, he said.
Republicans hammered a row of Bush signs into a lawn across from the event, with a poster that asked "Who shares your values?" and featured pictures of Monica Lewinsky, Al Franken, Howard Stern and Whoopi Goldberg.
In 1949, a year after Dr. Benjamin Weir had become the first black to play in a United States Lawn Tennis Association title event -- the 1948 National Indoor Championships -- Gibson took her first steps beyond the world of the black tennis circuit, making it to the semifinals of the Eastern Indoor Championships and then to the semifinals of the national championships.
