Brooklyn Bridge Park Orbs: Now Breaking Noses

The architect did not have the budget for a focus group to try the play equipment before making it public.

Remember "see-saws"? So much fun hopping off and watching your freind bust a nut, or the ever-so-popular upgoing whack to the chin. Kids and parents have to toughen up. We survived the infernal deadly device know as a simple lever/fulcrum. How the heck is an immobile lump of smooth shiny metal dangerous? All whiny lawsuit-filers please submit your blueprints of what is a piece of safe play equipment.

So when did parents stop saying: Hey! Get down from there!

When they learned that suing is easier than parenting.

Oh pish! Minor injuries are actually good for kids. It centers them.

even the old timey see-saws were hot on a summer day.

Bumps or no Bumps?

I can't wait until Google has satellite shots of those things so we can see whether they really do look like boobs.

Man, I remember burning the living crap out of myself on those horrible, rickety, metal slides. Or eating lead paint chips. Or huffing asbestos. Live a little, kids.

i broke my face at the met steps when i was little. i should have sued the fuck out of them.

I feel badly for the kid and her dad. These things look like hell anyway...

By the way, I appreciate you not posting that photo in the News of the girl with the bloody face. It was pretty unpleasant to look at and would smack of sensationalism if you posted it up on the front page.

Speaking of the photo... WTF?

When your kid gets injured, who stops to take a portrait? That is no casual picture. The kid is sitting and directly facing the camera.

And the pic was taken inside. So the kid falls, you drag them inside to take a picture, then you tend to the wounds? Seriously?

This changes nothing regarding the city's liability (or lack of), but the posed pic does make me doubt the parent's claims about whether or not it's a money issue.

Why don't they just replace them with giant silicone breast implants, because that's exactly what they look like.

Stupid parents, please educate your stupid kids.

And fewer kids in the park, the better!

dh...that wouldn;t be short for "dickhead" would it? This happened in a playgound reserved for children inside of a park.

Yeah, kids should not be in parks!

I could see how the child injured herself.

she was climbing one of those things and slipped back landing on her face. you could be watching her and still can't prevent it. those things are not safe for young children.

I don't even understand what they are supposed to be? Hot metal domes! Fun!

Everyone is complaining how hot these things get, but any kid who grew up in NYC grew up with steel slides in every playground and no one ever complained.

They should rename that park..Tree-less Park

Dear Parents:

Your kid breaking their nose or arm is not a tragedy or a lawsuit. It's a part of growing up. I understand that your little angels are one-of-a-kind and we should NERF the world to protect them, but let them grow up, will ya? If your kid gets hurt, tell them to be more careful next time. That's how they learn responsibility. By blaming the parks department, you're teaching them how to be pussy bitch whiners. Like yourselves.

Thanks,

Citizens of New York

Agreed, the World as we knowit is turning into a wet,dripping,pussy version of itself!

Natural selection! Really, it is sad that there are no real playgrounds any more. Everything good has been take out in an attempt to make it "safe."

I'm not even saying the whole natural selection thing. Growing up, a broken arm was a badge of honor.

Now, a broken arm means a phone call to the lawyer BEFORE the call to 911 or to the doctor. The precious little baby must be protected and NOTHING is ever his or her fault. Why wasn't that swing set covered in 4" rubber foam on all sides? Clearly the Parks Department is delinquent in maintaining safety for kids.

That is an utterly asinine statement.

*shocked* is it??? Then i take it all back.

Amen!

Needs metal nipples.

I remember being a kid and playing on the Large Metal Disks at my school playground. What fun we had! Metal Disks! For kids!

How about a jail playground set?

No doubt this attentive parent wasn't even watching his kid while she played.

a few bloody noses and some lost teeth here and there is good for a kid.

seriously, just gotta rub some dirt on it and it'll all be better.

Put some Tussin on it.

Chew with the other side of your mouth.

Kids are stupid. They'll get injured on almost anything, even if you rap everything in soft safety mats.

As for the orbs getting hot, hell, almost every park with a playground has an item that does that. At least they took down the jungle-gyms. (Though those were fun)

this is like the geniuses who have been installing metal chairs/tables at the waterfront parks in manhattan. do they not realize they will be totally unusable from late may to september when they would normally be most used?

I dunno about being dangerous, but it's pretty dumb that they didn't consider how hot the metal would get in the sun.