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Yesterday, the Mayor, City Council, and Parks Department announced a $14 million project to renovate Union Square Park, with focus on the north end. According to the City, the project will include "unification and expansion of two existing playgrounds, a year-round restaurant and a decoratively paved plaza for the Greenmarket farmer’s market and public event." Yes, Luna Park, the outdoor restaurant near the "dilapdated" Pavilion will be replaced by a restaurant. This decision was questioned by some parks advocates, asking why the City needed another restaurant instead of more playground space, but Gothamist knows the hardest hit may be the skateboarders who like that northern plaza. The $14 million project was helped out by a $5 million donation from a private donor; the Mayor only said it was not him.
Learn more about Union Square from the Union Square Partnership, and Gothamist Food had an image of what the Greenmarket is like. And there are other greenmarkets all around the city; here's where they are (Gothamist Food on the Borough Hall one).
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Whatever happened to Guiliani's "volunteer-at your-park-to-make-it-better" response to all the dilapidated parks around the city (in poor communities)? Didn't they just spend a gagillion dollars renovating union square? Now we know that's bs; spend millions for park space for yups, nyu students and tourists; nada for poor people's parks.
the $5mil is from the Falun Gong to build them a recruiting area.
it looks like bloomberg is saying "who's the man?"
Wait - didn't we just get done with all that construction in the park? Perhaps Union Square is actually a playground for construction workers?