Battery Park in Manhattan was once a surreal beach 🌊.

This beach was not originally open to everyone. But in Manhattan, people decide for themselves what a beach is. 🌿🌟 It could be a sidewalk, a rooftop, a car hood, or even a huge landfill. From the late 1960s to the 1980s, after a large-scale plan failed, Battery Park became an artificial beach. 🌿🌟 It became a strange gathering place for various groups of people, such as artists and students. Some even made a 15-foot sculpture out of garbage. By the year 2000, this free beach had disappeared, replaced by high-rise buildings and tidy parks. Nowadays, there are few places in New York that can make people feel as free as that landfill did. 🌿🌟 These photos tell us that even when plans fail, something interesting and vibrant may emerge briefly. #pppoketresearch #Moodboard #BatteryPark #NewYork 🌃