Thursday, July 1, 2010

Brooklyn Bridge Parks' Burning Domes Replaced With Playhouses

Park officials removed three steel climbing domes that scorched children's hands at the new Brooklyn Bridge Park.
Andre for News
Park officials finally removed three steel climbing domes that scorched children's hands at the new Brooklyn Bridge Park's Pier 1 playground. 
The park is being designed by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates.

Brooklyn

Brooklyn's sizzling hot playground is cooling down, according to the New York Daily News. 

Park officials removed three steel climbing domes that scorched children's hands at the new Brooklyn Bridge Park.

"They are being replaced this week with a new red house and fairy castle, which are age-appropriate for small children," said Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation spokeswoman Elizabeth Mitchell.

The domes were removed Friday and a construction crew was installing the new equipment Tuesday. Work should be done by this weekend.

"I think that's fantastic. I wouldn't want anyone to have to go through what we went through and see their child suffer," said Karen Spolar, 35, whose 13-month-old daughter Paula suffered second-degree burns on the domes last month.

"I just wish they had done something about it months ago...and didn't wait until something serious happened." The News first reported that children were getting hurt on the domes in April.


Brooklyn Bridge Park replaces kid-burning metallic domes with playhouses
New York Daily News - July 1, 2010 - By Erin Durkin 


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