Full view of the 227th Street Playground in Bronx Park, June 2015: swings, benches, climbing apparatus, open area, comfort station. The Bronx is New York City's greenest borough and most Bronx neighborhoods are within walking distance of a park, almost all of them heavily used. Which might be why so many well-known athletes come from the Bronx.

The New Deal in NYC 1932-1943 | Frank da Cruz | fdc@columbia.edu