Three weeks before Battery Park City's West Thames Park playground is scheduled to be demolished for street improvements and a new play area, protesters have won a victory for "Tire Swing Park." The Dept. of Transportation is now looking at ways to preserve much of the original park, probably because they couldn't break this little girl's heart. Meanwhile, the same controversy is now playing out in Jackson Heights. Break out the crayons and poster board! [D'town Express; NYDN]
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