Gothamist: What's the Deal With... The Ari Halberstam Memorial Ramp

cnyc

Tue, 05 Apr 2005 16:51:28 -0500

Google is your friend.

Tim N.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005 14:46:24 -0500

Sold. He was a putz. Wouldn't the deposit be needed to repair the bullet holes and windows? Why am I thinking about this? Thanks for the info.

Jonathan

Tue, 05 Apr 2005 14:38:30 -0500

Alright, I jumped to the conclusion that the ramp was very old news. Fair enough. Rashid Baz shot through his rental van window and when he went to bring back the van, demanded his deposit be returned. He sat there for a long time while the rental clerk called police. At least that was the story 11 years ago. =)

nony

Tue, 05 Apr 2005 13:57:18 -0500

A lot of people don't know why the ramp is named after Ari Halberstam; many people have indeed moved to NY since 1994 and this story really wasn't covered outside of NY.

Jonathan

Tue, 05 Apr 2005 13:23:38 -0500

That's reincarnation for ya. A frog, Ted Turner, an on-ramp; you never know what you are going to end up as...

Kojak

Tue, 05 Apr 2005 13:04:21 -0500

I think Ari would be pretty pissed that just a ramp was dedicated in his honor. Not to mention that picture on the front page of his website is less then flattering.

Tim N.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005 12:44:10 -0500

Alright. I'll bite. How was the putz who shot up the van caught?

Jonathan

Tue, 05 Apr 2005 12:26:36 -0500

I guess. Perhaps I just have a way of remembering events such as these; plus the fact that this was such a crazy story (i.e. - how the putz who shot-up the van was caught).

Hmm

Tue, 05 Apr 2005 12:22:14 -0500

To be fair, it was 11 years ago. This person doesn't have to have "just moved to NYC" to not be aware of this particular news story.

Jonathan

Tue, 05 Apr 2005 12:04:08 -0500

Did you just move to NYC? I think everyone knows what happened that day and all of the discussions leading up to the naming of the ramp. The tragedy was a top news story for how many days/weeks?