Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Check out an aerial view of the refurbished Tompkins Square Park basketball courts

So the refurbished Tompkins Square Park basketball courts returned to public use on Monday after a multi-week closure ... and with a dedication ceremony featuring the collaborators — Glossier, a beauty website, Project Blackboard, the WNBA, artist Na Chainkua Reindorf and the Parks Department. 

The Glossier Instagram account posted the two aerial shots here...
Here's more via Fast Company ... and Kyle Leahy, Glossier’s CEO: 
Glossier didn’t just sponsor the art; it also paid to refurbish the court so it is more functional. It mended the nets and repainted the backboards. It also sponsored a women's league that uses this court regularly to practice, paying for all of their equipment. "We wanted these young women to realize that they are worthy of this investment." 
The courts were last refurbished in the summer of 2015 with funding from YouTube.

13 comments:

MrNiceGuy said...

That looks really cool, what an upgrade!

Anonymous said...

This is wonderful!

Anonymous said...

Although I find them both nice, the green court looks more conducive to playing basketball - less visually distracting.

Anonymous said...

It seems like it would distracting to me. Any players want to weigh in?

XTC said...

Let the tagging commence...........

Anonymous said...

money well spent

Anonymous said...

The distracting geometric design is inappropriate for the surface of a heavily used, recreational basketball court. But it looks great to tourists, and as an improvement to the view from any penthouses that happen to be for sale nearby.

Anonymous said...

The pool is my fave part of the photo

MrNiceGuy said...

Leave it to the EVGrumps to take joy out of a very cool art installation on a public basketball court!

"While I don't play basketball myself, I will assume those who play basketball don't like it".

Anonymous said...

Nice to see something positive going on in the hood!

Grieve said...

@ 5:46

I was admiring the pool as well ... and the rectangle of muck...

Anonymous said...

I play basketball there and I don't like it, it's true, it's distracting and not needed. it's basically an ad for glossier and the other companies, they get to blast it out on their social media and put their logos in the park. I don't know why the city agrees to all this corporate crap.

Anonymous said...

I been ballin at Tompkins for almost two decades. Don’t like this at all. The NYC Parks standard visuals are really beautiful. They and the great work of that department have a dear place in my heart I don’t need no zig zags and polygons