Legal Opinion
795 Fifth Avenue Corp. v. City of New York
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 11, 1965PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBergan, J.
The problem presented by this case is whether the proposal to construct the Hartford Pavilion, a cafe and restaurant in the southeast corner of Central Park, is legally within the power of the City of New York.
The proposal is based on an offer by the Huntington Hartford Family Fund, Inc., to donate to the city $862,500 and any additional sum that may be necessary to construct the pavilion.
The acceptance of the gift has been approved by all the appropriate city officers, by Robert Moses, former Commissioner of Parks, who, while in that office, received the Hartford offer in 1960; by the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Kaskel v. ImpellitteriNew York Court of Appeals · 1953
- Kittinger v. . Buffalo Traction Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1899
- Altschul v. . LudwigNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Blank v. BrowneAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1926
3Cited by16 opinions
- Van Cortlandt Park v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 2001
- Union Square Park Community Coalition, Inc. v. New York City Department of Parks & RecreationNew York Court of Appeals · 2014
- State of Idaho v. HodelCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Friends of Square v. Sadik-KhanNew York Supreme Court · 2013
- Idaho v. HodelCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
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