$100m Aquarium in a Times Square Skyscraper?

Ah, yes, okay. And he'll charge outrageous entry fees to see a couple of guppies swimming around. And most people will likely be wowed just because it's a few stories up. So now the math geek side of me is wondering how long it woudl take him to recoup that money. Ten years? More?

Ugh. This just seems so ridiculous. People are starving and sleeping on subway cars. Bankers can't go on holidays anymore. Donate the friggin money, asshole.....

@Dblack but Lion King and South Pacific are classified 'Broadway' and saying that you went to a Broadway show on your NYC holiday caries much weight in the impress your neighbor/family/friend stakes. I hardly think an aquarium in Times Square will have the same kind of 'Wow' factor.

...I'm not saying the aquarium would be anything but an attraction for tourists and children.

@BroadwayBK All the suits need is a lunch place that doubles as an after-work happy hour cocktail bar. Maybe two: one with steep prices for the management honchos, and one with more reasonable prices for the peons. Don't need much. And suits don't seem to have high standards for those types of things. Nor do they need any special entertainment. Then they just go home to their families and watch TV.

@BroadwayBK: I ran into a tourist the other day. There were three of them together. When they spoke, they did so in that cute European accent. When I looked at them, they smiled at me and held up their cameras. One person had a small camcorder. I hope they didn't take a picture of me or video me. I'm not photogenic.

I saw a family of tourists today. Mother, bewildered father with a map in his hand, and two teenage kids. The girl had on a Phantom of the Opera T shirt! On second look I noticed she also had a Phantom of the Opera matching rose ring! She wore both with not a single trace of irony! Way to spend your money, tourist family! They were totally adorable....and lost.

@uptowngirl @Uraniumfish Ha!

I have to admit they are not always so adorable. Once I was transferring trains at Canal St and this little old couple - who in no way could have been from New York - were not only taking their sweet time going down the stairs, but they were holding hands so no one could get by them. You could hear the commentary coming all the way down the stairs, but the tourists seemed completely oblivious.

@BroadwayBK: You said the couple were old. How old? I have seen people, who were like in their '60s, walking down the stairs like they had forever. When I saw such a person, I walked down the stairs and turned to confront the guy and ask why he was walking so slowly. But when I saw his face, I could see he was wrinkled. He smiled despite suffering in pain. Once I saw that smile on his face, I smiled back and kept on going.

@BroadwayBK: Did those people confront the elder couple and yell at them for being slow?

@hhusted They just made snide and/or obnoxious comments, and directed them rather loudly at the poor old couple, as New Yorkers are apt to do.

I went to the San Diego Zoo a few years ago. It's supposed to be the best zoo in the world and I like animals a lot so I went. I will never go back and I will not ever take my children to a zoo. The exhibits really are extremely large compared to what most zoos have; and, they are jungle like in atmosphere instead of cages. But, it is the most awful and depressing thing I've ever seen. The ape exhibit was the worst. They have nearly human eyes and every single one of them, except for the alpha, was sitting against the window with their backs turned. . . as if to say, we are not your spectacle, you a holes. The alpha just stared at everyone and then starting throwing his crap at the window -- which I know happens a lot.
I agree, we should try putting people in a zoo and asking them to start doing tricks and see how long they last without trying to murder someone. . .