dumpy vs. nice parks
washington square park, unlike bryant park and probably central park too, is a dumpy park. unlike bryant park, at washington square, the frickin grass isn't cordoned off, and unlike at bryant park, at washington square, people sell weed, and there are drum circles, hippy smells, and old men tanning in their underwear.
i gotta say i prefer dumpy. maybe that's because i don't stand out when i hike up my pants so they're bunched up at the upper thigh in a very unattractive way, to allow the legs a little vitamin D. but it's also just because dumpy goes better when you're soaking in the rays and being lazy on the weekend. lazy weekend = dumpy. is that so hard to understand?
seems like it is for a lot of people who -- it now appears -- are moving forward with plans to redesign washington square park. apparently the "need" for a redesign was brought to light by a stick-up-his-ass architect who noticed that the fountain didn't sit perfectly in the middle of the arch, so they're basically tearing up the entire park because of that. excuse me, sir, sir? isn't architecture about ergonomics and suiting human behavior and habits? well guess what -- humans aren't symmetrical. a lot of them like to be casual and easy going, and not give a crap about anything that's going on around them when they're sitting in the park soaking up the rays. so for those of us who value lazy weekends, imperfections and a little dirt, leave us one dumpy park. just one.
i gotta say i prefer dumpy. maybe that's because i don't stand out when i hike up my pants so they're bunched up at the upper thigh in a very unattractive way, to allow the legs a little vitamin D. but it's also just because dumpy goes better when you're soaking in the rays and being lazy on the weekend. lazy weekend = dumpy. is that so hard to understand?
seems like it is for a lot of people who -- it now appears -- are moving forward with plans to redesign washington square park. apparently the "need" for a redesign was brought to light by a stick-up-his-ass architect who noticed that the fountain didn't sit perfectly in the middle of the arch, so they're basically tearing up the entire park because of that. excuse me, sir, sir? isn't architecture about ergonomics and suiting human behavior and habits? well guess what -- humans aren't symmetrical. a lot of them like to be casual and easy going, and not give a crap about anything that's going on around them when they're sitting in the park soaking up the rays. so for those of us who value lazy weekends, imperfections and a little dirt, leave us one dumpy park. just one.
posted by alex at 12:23 PM
2 Comments:
I've been meaning to comment on your earlier post. but you've gone too far now attacking bryant park. as someone who napped during her lunch break in bryant park all summer long (for consecutive summers!) i can attest it is a perfectly lovely place. and yes, they're a little persnickety about the grass some days, but all the better to cushion the frames of sleepy office workers. -eab
chavaloonian!
i agree that bryant park is lovely. in fact i myself ate lunch there yesterday and the flowers were in bloom, the fountain was in spray... but it's a formal kind of lovely, a worker's park, not a lazy saturday layabout's park. i wouldn't go there today! and that is why, right now, i'm gonna give the legs the old shavie-poo, buy some murray's cheese, and head on over to WSP to do nothing. 70 degrees, baby! finally.
love you -
-a.
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