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Lincoln Center’s president points out: “Thousands of New Yorkers will go by the Koch Theater, whereas the number of people who actually go into a wing of a hospital is relatively small, and passersby don’t see it. Universities are not tourist attractions; hospitals aren’t. The arts are a tourist attraction.” Quips another observer: “What’s sexier? An oncologist or a ballerina?”