gothamist.com/news/tompkins-square-park-is-getting-a-makeover-some-say-its-too-much Tompkins Square Park is getting a makeover. Some say it's too much.
A community board committee voted to back renovating Tompkins Square Park's entire fitness area, including the beloved steel pull-up bars, despite a petition with more than 2,600 signatures urging the city not to "fix" what isn't broken. The roughly $10 million project, which the parks department says would take 18 months, now goes to the full board.
— via Gothamist, Willow Higgins