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This morning in Central Park

By DNAinfo Staff on September 24, 2009 6:25pm  | Updated on October 29, 2009 2:47pm

Unable to pitch a tent at Central Park, Libyans in town for U.N. meeting rent Donald Trump property in Bedford, N.Y. <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hjboWR8yAXdzMkjBVOdil1UgtLtgD9ASNLAO0">[AP via google.com]</a>

... But local officials have ordered a stop-work order on the tent. <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/khadafy_booted_from_camp_trump_NUssa2iM8mweE8hV1sxncM">[nypost.com]</a>

Legit bike renters are winners in new NYPD crackdowns. <a href="http://beta.dnainfo.com/20090921/manhattan/nypd-cracks-down-on-illegal-bike-rentals">[dnainfo.com]</a>

The new owner of Tavern on the Green faces a nasty labor dispute. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/23/dining/23tavern.html">[nytimes.com]</a>

The New York Film Festival's opening night after-party shrinks, moving from Tavern on the Green to Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center. <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/party_moves_to_tully_Zs7zMgXOKQJCW1axxtiTwK">[nypost.com]</a>

Carole King performs in a free Central Park show tonight promoting a screening of Ken Burns' new documentary, <a href="http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/watch-video/">"The National Parks: America's Best Idea,"</a> which debuts Sunday on PBS. <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/2009/09/23/2009-09-23_barbara_streisand_and_carole_king_both_come_home_to_new_york_for_rare_live_shows.html">[nydailynews.com]</a>

<a href="http://www.ingnycmarathon.org/">ING New York City Marathon</a> countdown: 39 days. The New York Times profiles a 61-year-old who ran the first Marathon in 1970. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/23/sports/23marathon.html">[nytimes.com]</a>

See photos of Central Park's Oak Bridge on Bank Rock Bay, remade to look as it did in 1860. The bridge opens to foot traffic on Sept. 30. <a href="http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20090920/SUB/309209996">[crainsnewyork.com]</a>