Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Two different playgrounds

 Real quick:  have a look at these images of a city-run playground by the Chelsea Piers in Manhattan (West End Highway, around 23rd Street)...




 

 

...then at these photos of a city-run playground in downtown Brooklyn (Tillary and Jay Street):




 

It strikes me that the one in Brooklyn, which is a lot closer to an actual residential neighborhood, presents a pretty grim representation of the people who live nearby.  The children in the nearby housing projects can't feel particularly proud or respected when playing on cinderblocks.

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