From the NY Times:Three silvery domes that had been installed in the new Brooklyn Bridge Park for children to play on — but which instead scorched their young hands — have been removed.
In their place on Tuesday evening were an empty plot and two mainstream pieces of playground equipment — one for climbing and another for sitting in the shade.
Elizabeth Mitchell, a spokeswoman for the Empire State Development Corporation, which oversees the park, located near Brooklyn Heights, said the domes were removed on Friday.
The $84,000 domes were installed at the toddler playground in March. But within a week of their unveiling, parents reported that their children were burning their hands on them – and screaming out in pain.
5 comments:
Thank God. Common sense at last. What a shame the obvious problems didn't occur before they were installed.
Ummm... that's $28,000 per dome! Even if that includes installation labor, I'd have gladly done the job for half that!
un-friggin'believable!
None of these college-educated genuises thought that these domes would be a really really bad idea?
not ONE? - wow scary.
There's usually a COMMITTEE that oversees things like this - WOW!!
Turn them over and they'd make nice woks. Maybe the kiddies could be taught solar stir fry.
Go Green!
perfect Thomas!
. . . or it can be used as a large planter - they can grow organic lettuce and tomatoes - some basil too.
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