The signature piece of the E. L. Wiegand Ponderosa Playscape is the Pinecone Portal, a 12-foot-tall pinecone large enough for an adult to walk through. The Playscape opened onSaturday, April 19, at ...

I n the 1960s, a concrete rink-and-pool combo got plunked into the northwest corner of Central Park. Jammed partway into a bend in Park Drive, muscling in on the Harlem Meer, and ...