Photo by Sachyn Mital, courtesy of Lincoln Center.
The hot new place to sit outside on the Upper West Side is…artificial turf. A new soy-based lawn at the Josie Robertson Plaza in Lincoln Center is drawing sunshine-seekers to the performing arts center. It’s part of the nonprofit’s Restart Stages program.
The edges of the new surface look almost like a half-pipe skateboard ramp and people have been lounging against it.
Photo by Mindi.
There’s also a cafe in the center under another curved turf-segment.
Photo by Sachyn Mital, courtesy of Lincoln Center.
The central square has seats covered in the turf.
“The grass is almost a soft plastic,” wrote Stephen Harmon. “It looks great and will hold up if a lot of people use the space over the coming months. The chairs look weird to me. They were, however, very comfortable. I think when the public starts to see this it will be very popular.”
Photo by Stephen Harmon.
Do the turf chairs move? Or are they in permanent positions?
Permanent
Wait, the world hasn’t ended? I was assured that the world would end if this happened.
Crowds?
heads up
the grass may be difficult for some….
saw a person with a walker nearly trip – she appeared to give up and leave…
Looks great!
I can see the people from my apartment across the street!
So, this is temporary?
dang this looks nice! Will have to stop by this weekend.
Heat from turf is gonna be brutal come July/August.
Looks like the set for the Teletubbies.
It’s got a certain weird charm but how are they going to keep the stuff clean after a couple of weeks of shoe dirt, dog doo, assorted litter and NYC’s famous airborne schmutz?
At that point will they rename it Soylent Green?
I was there when it opened this afternoon. It was lovely, a new park in the neighborhood. There will, of course, be some with negative comments or it wouldn’t be the UWS. But those who were there seemed to be enjoying themselves.
Are dogs allow ?