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Zelda, The Wild Turkey Of Battery Park, Survived The Storm
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Jen Carlson
Published Oct 30, 2012
Modified Oct 30, 2012
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Photo courtesy of Michael Cyr
It's not surprising that Zelda—the wild turkey of Battery Park that escaped her journey onto the West Side Highway unscathed in 2004, survived the Frankenstorm. This afternoon Michael Cyr, who manages the food kiosks in Battery Park for the Cleaver Company and the Green Table in Chelsea Market, sent over the above photo of Zelda in the park today.
A little background: Zelda has been in the park for nearly a decade, and was named after F. Scott's wife Zelda Fitzgerald, because during one of Mrs. F's many nervous breakdowns she went missing and was discovered in Battery Park.
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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