New York Times - Easy To Climb

OFFICE BUILDING OR ADULT PLAYGROUND?

FITSNews - July 9, 2008 - It always gives us great pleasure anytime there’s something “new” in New York City, because people have to refer to it as the “new New York” whatever it is, which just sounds funny.

It’s a lot like when people say that they “do do” something, because “do do” is funny, at least if you’re smellin’ what we’re steppin’ in and have the maturity level of a five-year-old.

Anyway, such is the case with the “new New York Times building,” which is also amusing because it’s basically turning into a McDonald’s playground for adults:

So much for the security modifications outside: Over night, a third person managed a climb on the exterior of the New York Times Building on Eighth Avenue at 41st Street in Midtown Manhattan. The first reports of his presence were around 1:30 a.m., and the NY Times reports, “after staying on the building for about four hours, the man surrendered to police officers and was arrested around 5:20 a.m.”

The climber is identified as David Malone. The Daily News says he contacted their paper and “acknowledged he was after the same free publicity the earlier pair [of climbers] received.”

Malone reached the 11th floor and unfurled a banner that said something or the other about Osama bin Laden, and reportedly directed people to his website - which we’re not linking to because we honestly don’t give a rat’s ass what this guy thinks.

Oh alright, dammit … here it is. Everybody happy now? Jeez, maybe we need to put scaling the New York Times building into our marketing plan …

UPDATE - The New York Daily News , which broke this story, has a pretty cool recap of how their reporter actually talked Malone off of the building.