Adrian Benepe Quotes


You have two choices. You can have unlimited, large-scale events, or you can have nice grass, but you can't have both. It was unlimited use that destroyed the park in the old days, so if you want the city's backyard to be in good shape, you have got to put limitations on its use. - Adrian Benepe



You can actually see the bones of a mouse. - Adrian Benepe



When I was a child growing up in the city, you never saw hawks. It's now quite common to see large birds of prey in New York City. - Adrian Benepe



We bring in these raptors - many of whom can't fly because they're injured - and then a native raptor who lives in the area will show a great deal of interest... At one of these events, we had a huge red-tailed hawk come by and make a really big fuss. - Adrian Benepe



This park was taken away for construction of the tunnel and never given back... We unpaved a parking lot and put up a paradise. - Adrian Benepe