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Parks Department Will Remove Awesome, Dangerous Slide
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Christopher Robbins
Published Feb 20, 2012
Modified Feb 20, 2012
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Christopher Robbins
Published Feb 20, 2012
Modified Feb 20, 2012
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Adolescent extreme sports enthusiasts can no longer count on Inwood Hill Park as a training facility after the Parks Department blocked off a totally sweet slide that has injured 16 kids. According to a release from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, "Children can fall when moving from the ladder to the slide and when descending the chute," but we're not sure that the CPSC gets the proper technique.
The release notes that the injuries sustained include "one bruised arm, 14 fractures to arms and legs, one fractured collar bone and one bruised spleen," but fails to mention how cool it must have looked to Jenny when you just rode that slide like a horsey and the confusing, thrilling way you felt when she kissed your cast.
A Parks Department spokesperson told DNAinfo that the slide's manufacturer, Landscape Structures, Inc., will replace the dangerous slide with a safer one that will likely be tested rigorously.
In related news, that soft, spongey playground surface is turning our children into cowering milksops.
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Christopher Robbins
Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.
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