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Lincoln Center Lawn Drawing Crowds as Performances Start

May 11, 2021 | 1:33 PM - Updated on May 15, 2021 | 7:23 AM
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Photo by Sachyn Mital, courtesy of Lincoln Center.

The hot new place to sit outside on the Upper West Side is…artificial turf. A new soy-based lawn at the Josie Robertson Plaza in Lincoln Center is drawing sunshine-seekers to the performing arts center. It’s part of the nonprofit’s Restart Stages program.

The edges of the new surface look almost like a half-pipe skateboard ramp and people have been lounging against it.


Photo by Mindi.

There’s also a cafe in the center under another curved turf-segment.


Photo by Sachyn Mital, courtesy of Lincoln Center.

The central square has seats covered in the turf.

“The grass is almost a soft plastic,” wrote Stephen Harmon. “It looks great and will hold up if a lot of people use the space over the coming months. The chairs look weird to me. They were, however, very comfortable. I think when the public starts to see this it will be very popular.”


Photo by Stephen Harmon.

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Tim
Tim
1 year ago

Do the turf chairs move? Or are they in permanent positions?

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Ish Kabibble
Ish Kabibble
1 year ago
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Permanent

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Sarah
Sarah
1 year ago

Wait, the world hasn’t ended? I was assured that the world would end if this happened.

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nemo paradise
nemo paradise
1 year ago

Crowds?

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js
js
1 year ago

heads up
the grass may be difficult for some….
saw a person with a walker nearly trip – she appeared to give up and leave…

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Marci Novegrod
Marci Novegrod
1 year ago

Looks great!
I can see the people from my apartment across the street!

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Dani
Dani
1 year ago

So, this is temporary?

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ben
ben
1 year ago

dang this looks nice! Will have to stop by this weekend.

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Tom
Tom
1 year ago

Heat from turf is gonna be brutal come July/August.

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RCADIVA
RCADIVA
1 year ago

Looks like the set for the Teletubbies.

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I. Wonder
I. Wonder
1 year ago

It’s got a certain weird charm but how are they going to keep the stuff clean after a couple of weeks of shoe dirt, dog doo, assorted litter and NYC’s famous airborne schmutz?
At that point will they rename it Soylent Green?

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Susan
Susan
1 year ago

I was there when it opened this afternoon. It was lovely, a new park in the neighborhood. There will, of course, be some with negative comments or it wouldn’t be the UWS. But those who were there seemed to be enjoying themselves.

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Benny Garcia
Benny Garcia
1 year ago

Are dogs allow ?

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