Sand Delivery

Any East Village parent who takes their kid(s) to the Avenue A playground in Tompkins Square Park can tell you how popular the sandbox is.

It's downright… popular!

No doubt, this sand that was delivered is a needed addition:

Needed addition.

Unfortunately, it still has to be moved to the sandbox, which you can't see in this picture, but on the other side of the person in the pinkish shirt below is a grassy area, and on the other side of the grassy area is the playground:

Other side…

If it rains, that sand is doomed!

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The Pee Tree

I don't know how many people know this, but there was a time when this tree was known as the "pee tree".

The former pee tree.

This is where pre-school-aged boys peed when they were in the Tompkins Square Park playground. Their parents would take them to the back side (the side closer in the picture).

These days, a fence prevents anyone from getting to it.

Alas, gentrification!