Central Park’s Great Lawn Closing For Six Months Due To Damage From Global Citizen Festival

Every year, the anti-poverty organization Global Citizen holds a music festival in New York’s Central Park. This year’s fest, headlined by Ms. Lauryn Hill and the Red Hot Chili Peppers (but not Megan Thee Stallion, who canceled to guest with Beyoncé instead), took place during a rainstorm. The weather, the heavy equipment associated with large-scale live music, and about 30,000 people in attendance combined for such a negative impact on the park that part of it will now be closed until A...

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