When the Washington Square Park Mounds had Sledding

A must watch! This holiday video set to Karen Carpenter’s “Sleigh Ride” highlights kids sledding and frolicking in the snow on the old Mounds at Washington Square Park in December 2008 before their remodeling. It illustrates perfectly how the structures, sometimes referred to as “the three hills,” functioned as a place of spontaneous play.

Look at the low fences around the park! You can see parts of the park were under construction in the background. No more sledding now. There was talk at one point of bringing in “temporary sledding structures” but no mention of that recently.