Report Assails Parks Dept. Over Slowness in Finishing Projects
“We’ve
started calling these ‘legacy projects,’ because it’s a legacy
you’ll leave for your successor,” said Mr. Greenfield, whose
district includes Bensonhurst, Borough Park and Midwood. “In
the outer boroughs, we have council members who refuse to fund parks
because they know that the likelihood that the project will be
completed while they are in office is not very high.”
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-In a swappable park you will go to a on line Parks Dept or DOT catalog of pre approved swappable park equipment and components and pick and choose the equipment and shed housing you want to order.
-The Parks Dept or Dept of Transportation will each create a Internet catalog of approved swappable park components to choose from. (or perhaps they will jointly create a Internet catalog)
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| View Ping Pong Table in the On Line Catalog of Parks Dept Pre Approved Tables |
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| Order the Table of your Choice |
-To make sure you'll have room for all the equipment your getting, There might be an Internet application along with the catalog that will allow you to simulate moving equipment into and out of the storage shed (In San Francisco they built a new main library because the old one had run out of room. After building it they found out it had LESS room then the old library.)
each item in the catalog will list
-Item
-description
-cost
-storage space needed
-space needed to place item in park/plaza
-Age range
-Approved for Parks Dept Use Y/N
-Approved for DOT Plazas Use Y/N
-Approved for City Planning POPS Use Y/N
-Supervised or Unsupervised use
-Time needed to deploy item
-Time needed to return item to shed
Designing a Swappable Park at an existing Park, Plaza or POPS is simply choosing equipment and a shed, both of which can be done quickly. Approvals both Community Board and other approvals of standardized components will also be far quicker then when building a custom park.
Swappable Parks
The Obesity Crisis and Midtown Manhattans Lack of Active Recreation
Swappable Park Possible Locations Worth Square and Baruch Plaza
Staffing the Swappable Park
Swappable Park Equipment Catalog
Transforming Chelsea into Park Chelsea, Chelsea's Age Friendly Park that's also a park for all ages
