Teardrop Park

Teardrop's play elements are integrated into the landscape to allow city children to interact with natural materials such as water, plants, rock, and sand.

[6] " The shadier southern half of the site is an active play area featuring a long slide, two sand pits, "theatre steps" and a water playground.

The northern half of the park is unprogrammed play space featuring a broad lawn, which is graded to catch the most light from the south, park benches, a small wetland play path, and a perched gathering area made from New York State rocks, an installation created by the artist Ann Hamilton.

The plantings of Teardrop Park are designed to thrive on a relatively shady site and provide habitat for native and migratory birds.

The soils of the park are designed to support plant life without the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, or fungicides.

The design of Teardrop South was also by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates and it continued certain themes from the original park.