Noguchi's Playground

[Charles]

"Noguchi designed this playground for a portion of the United Nations complex on the East River in New York. The project was to be privately funded and located on property given a special international diplomatic designation. Nevertheless, Robert Moses (the authoritarian director of public works for the City of New York) was able to get the project canceled. Moses was Noguchi's arch-nemisis in NYC having ridiculed his design for Play Mountain back in 1933. He continued to thwart any public park of Noguchi's design from ever being constructed in New York. I believe Moses criticized this design as 'dangerous' and little more than a 'rabbit warren'."

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[oyajikun]

I thinks it's about time that the UN provide NY with a skatepark.

[2triky]

I thinks it's about time that the UN provide NY with a skatepark.

I think it's time the UN start looking for a new country to move to...American hegemony is distentegrating

[Captain Japan]

One of the things many remember about Moses is he is probably the reason the Dodgers left Brooklyn. From Wikipedia:

Moses is viewed by many as the man directly responsible for the move of the Brooklyn Dodgers to become the Los Angeles Dodgers. Dodger owner Walter O'Malley wanted to build a new stadium to replace the outdated and dilapidated Ebbets Field. O'Malley determined the best site for the stadium was on the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn at the end of the Long Island Rail Road. O'Malley pleaded with Moses to help him secure the property in a cost effective manner, but Moses wanted to use the land to build a parking garage. Moses envisioned New York's newest stadium in Flushing Meadows on the site of what would become the World's Fair in Queens. O'Malley was vehement in his opposition, but Moses would not be moved on this issue. After the Dodgers left for Los Angeles, and subsequently, The New York Giants to San Francisco, Moses was able to build Shea Stadium in Queens on the site he planned for stadium development. Construction began in October 1961 and the stadium opened in April 1964 to house the National League's New York Mets. However, the damage had been done to Moses' reputation, as many saw first hand what his ego was capable of doing.