Not really a public Bryant park

There's a lot of coverage about this little fact - our beloved Bryant Park gets no public money.

The NYTimes article - the reporter did a great job dissecting the deal Bryant Park got in the mid-1980s
Gothamist opines, and so does Curbed.

PPS thinks Bryant Park is Great and a Shame. Read its entries as a Great Public Space and as a Hall of Shame. And finally, PPS's thoughts on the commercialization of public spaces here and here.