He added that the Park Room mural was “the single most identifiable element of that space, and its removal will damage the character of that space.”īut lawyers for the LeRoys and for the official committee of unsecured creditors argued that the items were the restaurant operator’s property under the terms of a 1985 license-extension agreement. Removal of the paneling “would do irreparable damage to that space,” saidĪnthony Macari, a supervising architect for the Parks Department, since it “is part of the identity of Tavern that is known around the world.” Time and legal fees on these items than they are worth.”īut significant hearing time was given the chestnut wood, which could be worth more than $50,000, according to some estimates. System, stage lighting, disco lighting, and various kitchen items, including counter-top blenders, wooden waiters’ side stands, and ornamental lighting.Īfter hearing lawyers list the roster of disputed items, including the blenders, Judge Gropper expressed exasperation that the parties could not find common ground, saying, “I don’t want to spend more That can be removed from the walls vintage copper signs from the restaurant’s bar, telephones and restrooms a decorative leaded-glass “private dining” sign six bar banquettes, a 2004 revolving-coat-check ![]() Supporting frame decorative plaster and wooden figures affixed to the ceilings of Tavern’s Crystal Room and Terrace room, which could also be removed and resold a 40-foot-long canvas mural in the Park Room Room and its corridors, sheathes the restaurant walls, and the LeRoys have listed it as a lot in the sale being mounted by Guernsey’s Auction House.Īmong the other fixtures that have been disputed are a 40-foot-long mural painted on canvas that adorns the walls of Tavern’s Park Room the restaurant’s red canopy, with its Tavern on the Green logo and Some 3,200 square feet of it, custom carpentered for Tavern’s Chestnut The wormy chestnut paneling is not actually currently infested, but it was cut from blighted trees and is fashionable for its rusticity. LeRoy’s family continued operating the restaurant after he died in 2001 at age 65. ![]() Highest-grossing restaurants until it succumbed to changing tastes and the economic meltdown last year. LeRoy, the impresario who reinvented Tavern in 1976 and made it one of the nation’s The dispute turns on the interpretation of the contract between Tavern’s landlord - the city - and the family of Mr. The contested items are more than just trifles in a courtroom scuffle, since to more than 450 creditors who are owed some $8 million, they represent assets that might keep their hopes of repayment alive. Gropper said from the bench that he would decide on the items - worth as much as $200,000 - on Tuesday or Wednesday before the auction that is scheduled to beginĪt 1 p.m. Other valuable assets that are to be auctioned off among 25,000 items in the shuttered, landmark restaurant in Central Park on Wednesday - seemed to be heading toward an 11th-hour resolution.Īfter a three-hour hearing, Judge Allan L. In United States Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan, a dispute between the city and the family of the restaurateur Warner LeRoy over the ownership of this rare, vintage wooden paneling - as well as more than a dozen And so, a new front was opened Monday in the enduringly complex court struggle over the assets of the bankrupt Tavern on the Green - the Battle of the Wormy Chestnut Wood.
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