I've been meaning to post these photos for a while, but in the summer I sometimes get tunnel vision and do nothing but work. Hiss, boo.
New York City is abundant with playgrounds -- and spraygrounds -- but a few weeks ago I discovered this green oasis. It's a public playground and greenhouse attached to one of the NYU rehabilitation hospitals on 34th Street and First Avenue. You have to walk through the lobby in order to get into it. Inside is a real garden with all sorts of toys for little kids. It's the kind of backyard one might find in the suburbs, except as a Manhattanite I don't have to deal with the upkeep or pay for all the wagons and yard toys.
TR pulls the boy in a wagon
In the swing
Andre loves the little cars they have in the garden
He's a little confused, however, as to how they actually work.
Despite all the real flowers, Andre liked the ones that spin
Inside the greenhouse there are all sorts of birds. One even talks!
This one had lots of personality
Giant rabbits
What is a greenhouse without a koi pond?
