Her family parked near the Woolworth Building to attend a performance at the Hult Center. Now Vivian Bennett says she no longer feels comfortable downtown.
Presenter: The city council and staff may have abandoned downtown for the riverfront, but more than a dozen public comments let them know what they’ve been missing. July 14, here’s 12-year-old Vivian Bennett:
Vivian Bennett: Hi, everybody. My name is Vivian Bennett. I am here today to talk about an incident that happened downtown on Saturday, May 10. This is something that has not only bothered me but affected my perception of downtown.
[00:00:23] On this day my mom and dad brought me, my younger sister and a few of our friends to a Saturday night performance of Ballet Fantastique’s Aladdin. We parked outside of the Woolworth and walked to the Hult Center…