March, on Easter Sunday, the great Be-In in Central Park. Radio station WBAI and others encouraged everyone to be in central park to celebrate Spring.
So everybody came...
It was a beautiful day after a long, hard winter. Nothing had ever happened like this in NYC before. Totally spontaneous, it took the city officials by surprise. And everyone took a moment to look around and see who we were. No one could really explain what it was about, or why, or why it was so meaningful. You just had to be there.
Towards the end of the afternoon, the Guru of New York arrived, in a red sash, with finger cymbals
Allan Ginsberg
All pictures (C) Richard Friedman 2002-3003