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They finally did it; they finally killed those weird and almost iconic asphalt mounds in Washington Square Park, destroying them with the cool efficiency of a doctor lancing a boil. Which they most certainly were not—they were mysterious '70s-era tributes to the city's ever-imperiled idiosyncrasy. They'll be replaced with safety-first fake-turf clones, as part of the city's multi-million dollar renovation of the park. Curbed reports that the entire southwest quadrant is now "quiet as a crypt, the silence broken only by the scrounging of squirrels." Goodnight, sweet mounds, may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!
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Fare thee well, noble mons pubis. I hardly knew you well enough.
i hope anyone involved with allowing the destruction burns in a fiery hell for the rest of time. scum fucking losers, what a stupid and pointless thing to do. BURN AND ROT.
Your psychosis is showing a bit there.
Did you bury some bodies in there? Was that your stash spot?
Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't.
Tee hee!!!!
Ugghhh! They could have waited a little longer, couldn't they? These mounds were great for sledding. Bring them back!
It's part of the suburbanization and mallification of New York City which results from so many suburban squares moving into the city and expecting everything to be just like whatever dull little town they came from. A pile of dirt -- well, that's just too wild and dangerous.
Blond, bland, blind.
Man... I used to love to run up and down these when I was a kid. It was so much fun.
I know. I remember that they were covered with a kind of rubberized surface. I loved those things as a kid. It's sad to se them go.
This is too bad because I literally just walked by there the other day and smiled that, despite the renovation of the park, the mounds would stay.
Yes, they are weird. Yes, they may serve no real "purpose". But dammit, there's something about them, something unique.
But what really gets me is the fact that, according to this article, they will be "replaced with safety-first fake-turf clones"
WHY WHY WHY??? Why spend all the money to move the fountain 5 feet west? Why pay all the money to replace perfectly fine mounds with new ones? This "Cash 4 Clunkers" mentality (i.e.- destruction of wealth/assets in the name of spurring the economy) is ridiculous!
So the mounds were good because they were different and non-suburban?
Sorry but that's insane.
They were UGLY ASPHALT PILES. Good riddance.
I enjoyed them as a child. I know that alone doesn't entitle them to stay. But it's sad to see them go. If it aint broke, don't fix it right?
I never see kids playing on them nowadays. If kids liked them, they should stay but they dont seem to. And let's face it, they are large and ugly.