Yesterday as I was leaving Bayswater I had a guy approach me saying he was a reporter from the NY Daily News. He asked me if I was familiar with the fact that the park was on a list of parks to be closed I told him yes I was aware of that. When then asked what I thought about the plan I told him basically I thought It Sucked, because it is a great spot to watch the planes taking off and landing at JFK. I told him I'm not really sure how closing that park could save all that much money when it doesn't seem to be maintained all that much. He said that was exactly what the local assembly woman had told him. He then told me the savings of closing that park would be about $5000 a year. He asked if by charging for parking or something along those lines to save the park would be something I think would be fair and I said absolutely. We talked for a little while about why I was there and he really wasn't too familiar with plane spotting. As we were talking out on the street a few planes landed so he got an idea of why we go there. He asked why i take pictures of planes and I told him I just loved watching them land and that its very relaxing watching them. I also told that there's nothing like watching a plane come, and they are very majestic as them come in.
I also gave him this website to learn more about plane spotting and also to get more reactions about the park closing. Hopefully the article will make it into the paper.
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