This playground, along with public park strips, community gardens & a dog run are threatened to be destroyed the the NYC/NYU Expansion Plan to build a series of skyscrapers here in the heart of historic Greenwich Village. The plan is currently being appealed in The New York State Supreme Court of Appeals.

Click http://www.pbase.com/hjsteed/laguardia_place_community_garden for more information and photos of what will be destroyed if the plan is allowed to proceed.