Extrapolation: If Bloomberg Visited Emperor’s Club He Might Ask For Someone Resembling Robert Moses And Carrying A Torch?
John Catsimatidis — Gristede’s founder and maybe mayoral candidate in the Goldman Sachs mold (e.g., Corzine, Bloomberg or any one of a number of wealthy individuals deigning to lead an unruly electorate*) — has a vision for New York City’s future:
“I have a vision for New York,” Catsimatidis said. “I’ll tell you one of the things I’ve been proposing is the 2014 World’s Fair.” (In 2003, he floated the idea of the 2007 World’s Fair.) “When Mayor Bloomberg asked me, ‘John, where would you have it?,’ I said, ‘Your Honor, we’d take a blighted area of the city, and we’d put in permanent infrastructure, so there’s something left over afterward.’ And his eyes lit up! But that’s the way a businessman thinks.” Catsimatidis, who grew up in Harlem, recalled his experiences at the 1964 World’s Fair, in Queens, visiting the Belgian pavilion. (“You know there was no such thing as a Belgian waffle before that?”)
Ugh . . . what is it with these guys and fairs, olympics, etc.?
*As opposed to the Cory Booker type of Teach For America candidate (David Brooks, take it away . . .).
Posted: April 1st, 2008 | Filed under: Political