A giant Ferris wheel is coming to Times Square — and the idea is to roll out a welcome for tourists as the city looks to bounce back from the pandemic.
The massive amusement ride — which will stretch 110 feet high, the equivalent of 11 stories — will start getting assembled as soon as Thursday and be ready to hoist passengers high above the Crossroads of the World beginning early next week, The Post has learned.
The outsize attraction will be located just west of Duffy Square on Broadway between West 47th and West 48th Streets for about a 22 days, according to Vito Bruno, who heads up the Brooklyn-based entertainment company that’s behind the project.
“The city needs something fun, happy and nostalgic that brings you back to your childhood,” Bruno told The Post.
He added that he approached the Times Square Alliance about the idea several months ago, “and it’s been a sprint ever since,” with a myriad of permits, inspections and signoffs from multiple city agencies.
The hope is that the wheel will give Times Square a boost while area businesses and restaurants wait for Broadway shows to reopen in September. Foot traffic has been steadily returning and is nearly two-thirds of what it was pre-pandemic, according to the Times Square Alliance.
The Ferris wheel “fits perfectly into the mayor’s overarching summer of fun campaign which includes the five borough concerts and Five Boro Bike Tour,” Alliance president Tom Harris told The Post. “We want to give people that ‘wow’ moment to show them Times Square is back.”
28 comments:
" The Ferris wheel “fits perfectly into the mayor’s overarching summer of fun campaign which includes the five borough concerts and Five Boro Bike Tour,” Alliance president Tom Harris told The Post. “We want to give people that ‘wow’ moment to show them Times Square is back.”
If the above doesn't describe perfectly whom the dems are pandering to....
“The city needs something fun, happy and nostalgic that brings you back to your childhood,” Bruno told The Post.
----------------------------------------------
My childhood: Good paying jobs for most, many products made in the USA, less litter, houses/apartments that were affordable for many, neighborhoods not destroyed by gentrification & overdevelopment. neighborhoods not infiltrated with gangs.
A Ferris Wheel - ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME
Bread and circuses
So you put it right in the middle of times Square? I can understand when the toys r us store was opened over there and had the ferris wheel inside but one outside on the street of this busy place? I can smell trouble coming already
Will the unvaxxed be able to ride this stupid wheel? Sorry but we will keep our liberties. You can keep your wheel. We are Americans not children! Go # urself !
Good luck with that idiocy! Whew. Do you folks ever get any smarter?
Impeach Him Now !
Unlimited Breadsticks from the Rat run Olive Garden. Skip the cue for tkts in fear of the bullet riden window collapsing. At least you can pinpoint what perverted Furry mascot you want to be molested by as we return the the 1990s Time Square. Even Disney doesn't want to spend the capital to clean up this mess (again.)
And we all learned the hard way, not even your friendly Spider-man cannot save Broadway
Howe about a Ferris wheel in Jackson Heights?
Make sure you wear your bulletproof vest and take your set of vaxx shots plus boosters for extra protection.
Can’t wait for the next amusement ride- The merry-go-round of denial. Will the homeless w/advanced scabies & lice be allowed to ride?.
The Roman senators gave bread and circuses to the Roman under class - the plebeians to avert rioting and revolution.they were thrown crumbs so they didn’t try to change the Roman way of life
DeBlasio is taking a page out of Cesears play book- and Nero’s who fiddled while Rome burned
I understand it's meant to be a rotating target for the local hoodlums to practice on.
I wonder will there be prizes?
"mayor’s overarching summer of fun campaign which includes the five borough concerts"
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
What concerts?
Don't concerts mean music ?
Bastard told use "Homecoming concerts for the public" but apparently only need attend if your black and have a gun. All concerts renamed “It’s Time for Hip Hop in NYC” concert series.
Looking at the reviews not one performer has been white and so far not one performer has sang a melody or played an instrument on stage.
Its also a good 50% political speech.
The "free" Central park concert reads:
VIP tickets for purchase now available for “WE LOVE NYC: The Homecoming Concert” produced by New York City, Clive Davis, and Live Nation.
Tickets are vip packages only @ $5000.
The 2 words "Live Nation" say it all Clive Davis name was just a shill to tell the sheep. The mayor has whored out Central Park for global corporations and super rich.
What a racists, discriminative criminal, 4 events of shit and one possible concert in Manhattan from Live Nation. For Millionaires, with a free ticket lottery for 1000 or so grass space with binoculars.
https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/535-21/it-s-time-get-your-tickets-nyc-homecoming-week-concerts-this-august
DeBlasio's Legacy will be known for selling out to Tourists, Ignoring Gang Violence, Frequent Shootings in the Outer Boroughs, Lawlessness, Homeless Encampments and Violence and destroying Small Businesses.
New Yorkers rise up in November and don't vote for Deblasio 2.0 who goes to the Hamptons for donations and also ignores all the serious problems NYers deal with on a daily basis.
New CDC Data Confirms The Efficacy Of The Vaccine Is DROPPING, Boosters May Be A Regular Need
To "anonymous #2" above - amen, brother. You want to recreate my childhood? Ass gaskets like deblazz have no friggin idea
"Bread and circuses" Bingo !!!
People are waking up at record scale.
That is why the propaganda and censorship have increased.
And just like that the FBI doesn’t want to talk about Jan 6 anymore.
Cousin Wolfgang said...
I'm feeling alot like Marilyn Munster after holding out so long rejecting the Jab !
@“ Anonymous said...
New CDC Data Confirms The Efficacy Of The Vaccine Is DROPPING, Boosters May Be A Regular Need”
Thank you Dr. You are a doctor or medical expert of some sort I presume?
Liberals and common sense cannot “coexist”.
Ironically the woke refuse to open their eyes
America is in a downward spiral. So much is going wrong so quickly. God have mercy.
Hurricane Henri would have fun with that Ferris wheel.
This is going to be another suicide magnet, just like that Vessel monstrosity in Hudson Yards.
Prove Me Wrong said...
Most Democrats are seriously looking like they've sold this country out.
"Anonymous said...
Prove Me Wrong said...
Most Democrats are seriously looking like they've sold this country out."
No, Republicans sold the country out in November 2016. The Democrats were late to the party.
Perfect Target Practice for the hoodlums, thugs, and gangbangers!!
Hey Vito, you know what would be super fun for New Yorkers?- not getting covid, not being hospitalized, not having a huge tube shoved down our throats and not being doped up on Ativan to keep us from pulling it out. But whatever, the manicured moron of Park Slope knows best right?
Post a Comment