Photo by Julia Reinstein.
Someone tampered with the famous Lincoln Center fountain on Saturday, dying the normally clear water yellow in the early afternoon. In a statement to the Daily News, Lincoln Center said the dye was “water-based.”
“A water based yellow dye was put into the fountain,” Lincoln Center spokeswoman Mary Caraccioli said in a statement. “The fountain is being cleaned. Our security team notified the NYPD.”
Lincoln Center turned off the water afterward.
The fountain should be up and running on Sunday:
Got an email back from Lincoln Center spox. Seems it was a prank. Rogue Lincoln Center fountain dyer, New York salutes you pic.twitter.com/ij5pX52em4
— julia reinstein 🚡 (@juliareinstein) November 4, 2017
No immediate arrests were reported.
They should do this more often – it looks cool
They used to use colored lights to get a similar effect in the old fountain. Don’t know if they’ve ever done it with the re-done fountain.
I KNOW – CHRISTMAS TIME RED AND GREEN – I THINK I WILL DO IT… I DID ALL THE TIME IN COLLEGE.
Sorry to hear this. Luckily it wasn’t a dangerous chemical. The fountain is quite beautiful. I hope
this doesn’t happen elsewhere in the city.
FOOD COLORING – I USE TO THIS THIS ALL THE TIME IN COLLEGE. I LOVE IT!
“New York salutes” the person who did this?! Speak for yourself. Maybe graffiti is worth saluting also? Any defacing or tampering of private or public property is not amusing. Maybe the writer of the tweets is willing to help clean and flush the fountain, or pay those that do.
“Loosen up”….”that’s what it’s like living in the city”. I hope you funsters are helping to pay for the cleansing. And the fun, irreverent graffiti to follow. 🙂
Lighten up buddy, that’s what it’s like living in the city.
Tim, you need to loosen up a bit!
Yeah Tim – and the UWS-mites should just get-a-life and enjoy the fun. Life is short and things will go on with or with-out you.
Not funny
Personally, I’d prefer just a touch of blue or purple.
WONDERFUL! I USE TO DO THIS IN SCHOOL…. LOVE PRANKS LIKE THIS – THEY SHOULD DO THIS IN ALL OF THEM AT CHRISTMAS TIME IN RED AND GREEN TOO! 🙂
LOVE IT – I PUT IT ON MY FACE BOOK.
BillyNYC, you might not be aware but if you press the CapsLock button you will be able to type some letters in lower case.
LOL!!! CALM DOWN
First off, of course it was a water based dye, otherwise it wouldn’t mix with the water. Duh.
Probably something like kool-aid.
Nice going by the pranksters. Hopefully this will encourage Lincoln Center to think about ways to invigorate that plaza rather than just continue watching their average subscriber age continue to climb well past retirement age.
I like it.
I bet it was the commies or some vagrant peed in it is what Uncle Gus would say.
Nice reporting, Julia. I can’t help thinking the fountain’s namesake, Revlon founder Charles Revson, would have enjoyed the use of color.
It looks very autumnal
It would seem cute if it hadn’t occurred the same week that some prank involving young(er) than some–in other words—future opera fans (some seem to think) hurled an unknown yellow fluid at strangers in the street, who seemed not to think it funny.
I mean, come on–wtf kind of security works there? Sheesh.
It gives the Plaza a fresh creative if you will new look Wonderful!
More.
WOW! We reached fifteen comments and nobody blamed DiBlasio.
Why? This a great thing to do! I plan on doing this in all the fountains in red/green near Christmas time. What a wonderful idea!
This fountain brought to you by Mountain Dew
I love that, what a great ad for Mountain Dew ‼️
Quick, more surveillance cameras!