gothamist.com— This weekend, The Dark Knight Rises continued its filmic assault on NYC by taking over the upper span of the 59th Street Bridge causing massive traffic jams.
Nov 16, 2011View in Crawl 4
Bloomberg's response to self-managed peaceable assembly at Zuccotti park was to smash it. But the City was only too happy to accommodate the filming of this new Batman episode by giving the production exclusive use of the upper span of the 59th Street Bridge. The ensuing traffic jam in Queens and Manhattan blocked emergency response of all kinds for hours -- a clear threat to public safety. Not to worry. Films are big business.
bdtjpwNov 16, 2011Submitter
Bloomberg's response to self-managed peaceable assembly at Zuccotti park was to smash it. But the City was only too happy to accommodate the filming of this new Batman episode by giving the production exclusive use of the upper span of the 59th Street Bridge. The ensuing traffic jam in Queens and Manhattan blocked emergency response of all kinds for hours -- a clear threat to public safety. Not to worry. Films are big business.