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2. Chelsea Waterside Park, New York City
While the blatant suggestiveness of the structures in Chelsea Waterside-Thomas Smith Park might go over the children’s heads, it has definitely gotten the attention of adults. The park caused quite a stir when it was renovated in 2000, and Manhattan parents first got a look at its, well, unbelievably phallic shapes.
Thomas Balsley, the landscape architect whose design for the park actually won a competition for the Department of Transportation, told The New York Observer that he could see the double entendre that everyone was referring to.
"See, we definitely got people talking," Mr. Balsley said, laughing. "People can say what they want to say, but the intent is harmless.”
While some have called for the park to be remodeled, the children of Chelsea still enjoy frolicking among these phallic formations.
Image: Thomas Balsley Associates
2. Chelsea Waterside Park, New York City
While the blatant suggestiveness of the structures in Chelsea Waterside-Thomas Smith Park might go over the children’s heads, it has definitely gotten the attention of adults. The park caused quite a stir when it was renovated in 2000, and Manhattan parents first got a look at its, well, unbelievably phallic shapes.
Thomas Balsley, the landscape architect whose design for the park actually won a competition for the Department of Transportation, told The New York Observer that he could see the double entendre that everyone was referring to.
"See, we definitely got people talking," Mr. Balsley said, laughing. "People can say what they want to say, but the intent is harmless.”
While some have called for the park to be remodeled, the children of Chelsea still enjoy frolicking among these phallic formations.
Image: Thomas Balsley Associates