Beautification
Hester Street Playground Nearing Completion
Last modified May 4, 2010 at 6:51 am
Under renovation since last June, the Hester Street Playground in the southern section of Sara D. Roosevelt Park is finally nearing the finish line. Judging by the state-of-the-art jungle gym set and stacks of new benches awaiting installation, the park appears to be on schedule for its ambiguous summer 2010 completion date. Recess is nigh. […]
Restoration for 64 Delancey
Posted February 26, 2010 at 6:13 am
Early last month, the dreaded combination of scaffolding and netting was attached to the four-story 64 Delancey, located at the northwest corner of Allen Street. Luckily, however, this stout building is being restored, not demolished. Just a little nip/tuck, as it were.
Streets
Hester Street Playground Update
Posted February 2, 2010 at 6:19 am
In the eight-month eternity since work first began on a new Hester Street Playground, this section of Sara D. Roosevelt Park has been through some hell. The big CATS and their earth-moving friends were brought in and summarily surrounded by chain-link fences. And then came the destruction of the kitchy plaza seating and uprooting of […]
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Mercer-Houston Dog Run Greenery
Posted July 30, 2009 at 6:27 am
Yesterday morning, the Mercer-Houston Dog Run received some late-summer greenery. A small group of workers was busy planting flowers and bushes along the metal fence. Yet despite the recent rehabilitation and this latest effort to beautify, the park remains stubbornly depressing.
