The New York Times on Friday ran an article about the new playground at west 116th Street in Morningside Park, which has been open for a few weeks now. Most interesting is to hear from playground designer Alexander Hart (above), who's official title is assistant landscape architect at the city's Department of Parks and Recreation, and some of his philosophies about playground design--such as that it shouldn't construe a single type of imaginative play such as a pirate ship would do--combined with some regulations of the city--such as that all materials must be bulletproof.
Our family usually spends time in Payson Park and Anne Loftus Playground--the only NYC playground originally designed by the Olmstead brothers of Central and Prospect Park fame--simply because they're closest to our apartment, but visiting New York City's newest park sounds like an interesting adventure to undertake sometime soon.
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