What’s funny is that this is from 1975 and much of what is discussed is still the same…
D. Nick: Fireman, Family Man, Artists’ Chairman
Particularly this paragraph…
Richard “Dick” Nick has to explain to artists such things as why they cannot hang their paintings over the storefront windows of the Pontalba Buildings, or why they should not stand swearing in front of the St. Louis Cathedral. Once he had to persuade an artist not to pound nails into the side of the Cabildo. “It’s two hundred years old,” he protested. ”So what? I’m only going to be here two months,” replied the artist. Jackson Square artists are two hundred individualists whom the city often looks upon as one. When one artist creates a problem, the bureaucracy goes into action and punishes all two hundred. It is up to Dick Nick and the Committee to protect the rights and privileges of the group.