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AspireAgain OP t1_isl13j9 wrote

Reply to comment by Just_the_facts_ma_m in TIL that before Lincoln Center could reward David Geffen's $100 Million donation by renaming "Avery Fisher Hall" to "David Geffen Hall", they had to pay the heirs of Fisher - the original donor - $15 million. Geffen's donation has a provision that requires his name to be on the hall "in perpetuity". by AspireAgain

It’s difficult, you know? I get your point, and I personally would have preferred that $100 million be devoted to Autism research. But, if we never put money, effort and talent into art and creative spaces, what kind of a society will we live in? And there are certainly billions of dollars donated every year by others to help those affected by poverty. There are worse things he could have done with the money, certainly.

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Just_the_facts_ma_m t1_isldlr1 wrote

I learned about this from CBS This Morning a couple of Sundays ago. It’s a huge ego project for David Geffen. It is a difficult question, on that I agree.

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