Central Park's iconic Great Lawn is set to be closed to the public until spring 2024 after the grass was churned up by a music festival. Huge crowds descended on the Manhattan hotspot on September 23 for the Global Citizen Festival, which quickly the space became more reminiscent of the festival. About a third of the 12-acre green space was destroyed by a 'combination of heavy rain, foot traffic, and machinery used for staging' wrote Councilwoman Gail Brewer in a letter to Mayor Eric Adams.
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