Gothamist: Dismantling of East Village Toy Tower Underway

yttiktak

Wed, 21 May 2008 21:45:10 -0500

Nik, it is not a 'little park', it is a community garden.

nik13

Mon, 19 May 2008 22:12:39 -0500

Tower was an eye-sore, but I hope dismantling will not become an excuse to get rid of this little park.

emilydickinson

Mon, 19 May 2008 21:52:50 -0500

I'd be fine with them taking it down if the space was promised to another equally eccentric maker. I've been walking past that thing for ages,and I think the block will be less interesting with it gone.

jag80

Mon, 19 May 2008 21:37:57 -0500

All things must change to something new, to something strange. Longfellow

slappy

Mon, 19 May 2008 19:18:15 -0500

Sorry to see it go. It was a tribute to a spirit of creative serendipity. Also a true and generous work of public art. Rare these days. Anyway, it was kind of doomed for not being built with an eye to scure construction and longevity. So it goes. Nonetheless, it was very cool, in some way also for its dangerous impermanent feeling. I remember being startled by people climbing it on occassion.

dr zippy

Mon, 19 May 2008 19:13:36 -0500

As much as I enjoyed the Toy Tower it was pretty obviously becoming a hazard. The untreated wood has been exposed to the elements for nearly 25 years and the tower was leaning in more directions than a vertical structure really needs to lean. What would you have done differently? Who would you get to pay to save it?

bklynd

Mon, 19 May 2008 18:25:26 -0500

Nice job, fascists. Now that the toy tower is gone, there is truly nothing interesting left in this city.