Hugh Franklin: Park Commissioner Williams
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Park Commissioner Williams : Gentlemen, as you all know, we desperately need more parks in Lower Manhattan. Well, I've finally come upon the perfect solution. We tear down the New York Stock Exchange and the Treasury Building across the street, and use that space for a beautiful playground. We can condemn that property for very little. It'll cost the city less than $6 million an acre.
The Mayor : We'll continue this discussion in the fallout shelter.
Park Commissioner Williams : There'll be plenty of room for the kiddies to play baseball and football and hopscotch, jacks. There'll be jungle gyms and slides and swings, see-saws, chess boards for the senior citizens... .
