In our Sept. 8 – 21 issue, reader Nat Solomon wrote in to inquire about the fate of hundreds of hexagonal blocks piled in a dumpster outside the northern entrance of Williamsbridge Oval Park where construction of a new entrance is under way.
Well, we asked the Parks Department and here’s what they told us:
“When we do repairs, we recycle and reset existing hex blocks throughout the Parks system that are still in good condition,” a Parks Department spokesman replied in an e-mail. “However, if they are broken we need to discard them.”
Keep those questions and letters coming.
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