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"In 1925, the City of New York acquired this property and transferred it to the Department of Transportation as part of a Sixth Avenue renovation. The Board of Estimate placed the parcel under Parks jurisdiction in May 1934. It remained unnamed until February 1998, when Parks designated it Houston Plaza. In 2000, it was renamed Playground of the Americas."[1]
"On Saturday, September 22nd, the two playgrounds on Houston Street, one at the corner of Sixth Avenue, and the other in the block between First and Houston Streets at Ludlow Street, Manhattan, will be opened. This property was turned over to the Department of Parks by the Board of Transportation. It will have a formal park area in addition to the playground."[2]