Hideo Sasaki was the landscape architect for this playground & surrounding landscape. The NYU2031 Plan calls for the destruction of this playground and the adjoining park strips on Mercer Street and the rest of the Sasaki landscape, including the crown jewel central garden for the construction of massive skyscrapers. Playground users, residents and business establishments in the area are nearly a 100% opposed to the project as well as an overwhelming number of people in Greenwich Village and throughout NYC and other parts of our world.
Sadly, NYU has not proposed to build suitable replacements for the playgrounds, park strips and gardens they propose to destroy.

The whole proposed construction area has been a magnet for NYC tourists who want to see Greenwich Village not more skyscrapers. The construction project will destroy the heart of Greenwich Village's tourist industry and the community life blood indefinitely and perhaps conclusively.

Unfortunately, over the years I have not had permission from WSV and the parents of children using the playground to photograph this area and show how heavily it is used throughout the day.