Teardrop Park

Teardrop Park is a public park in lower Manhattan, in Battery Park City, near the site of the World Trade Center. It is a mid-block urban oasis. The park includes art designed for it by Ann Hamilton. 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. Teardrop Park was praised for its use of natural plantings in a children’s park. One article described the park as being crowded with children and parents, jampacked with experience, and offering a welcome naturalistic retreat from the city.