Burt Shoobs

Whitey Lang Memorial Park on Anderson Avenue is one of those pop up places that just seems to appear out of the blue. It is wedged between two housing areas, and on initial observation, might easily be confused with being simply a part of a housing complex. It is a rather smallish playground with just a jungle gym, slides, and swings, with a baseball field used by Fort Lee Little League. There is ample shade here, and also a set of picnic tables for relaxing and enjoying.

Backyard at Hudson Yards is one of those places that doesn't seem to know what it wants to be. It doesn't know if it is supposed to be an architectural art exhibit, a tourist attraction, or a passive park. Instead, what you have is an artistic multilevel structure as the center piece that while a visually attractive marvel, serves no purpose other than to be a tourist attraction lookout with a very limited view point because of all the taller buildings that bracket it, a small greenway with a walk and benches, a dollop of sun chairs, and a few food stands. It's nice, but it's just comes across as an incomprehensible mish mash of things thrown together in hopes of cohesion, but ends up as a plaster dash.