Gas, Grass Or Pass: Then We’ll Plant A Tree

We got to visit the relatively new Elmhurst Park on the former site of the Elmhurst Gas Tanks, the gas holding tanks that sat next to the LIE until Keyspan began to dismantle the tanks in 1996.

If you make a reference to the greatest bumper sticker of all time, of course I’ll title a post accordingly. I’m guessing the language for this interpretive sign came from the top:

I don’t know if the mounds come from remediated gunk or what, but they are a fun homage to the site’s former use:

I say that because if the tanks were still there, the one thing you’d want to do would be to climb to the top of them to see the view. So you basically still can in a way:

And I think that’s what the designers intended — it’s the only way to interpret the periscope play toys located around the park:

Christ, look what my life has become: I’m deconstructing a playground.

A final note — I’m pretty sure one of those huge boulders around the park came from Fort Greene. This one looks like it matches the picture in the Times article: