The Swing Set Parties for Its Playgrounds
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Drew Ross, 3, likes to swing “really low and super high” at the playground. Alexios Poyiadjis, 4, likes to climb on the rocks. J. Holland Humphries, 5, can usually be found climbing on the “spider web,” a jungle gym constructed of rope. But most of the children at Heckscher Playground yesterday were too busy hanging out with their parents, dancing, and eating popcorn and cotton candy, to do something as simple as go on the swings. The party was a fund-raising event for the Central Park Conservancy’s Playground Partners and Patrons, a group that renovates and maintains the playgrounds in the park.
The group’s chairwomen are Carol Herring and Jennifer Saul Yaffa. Past leaders include Suzanne Cochran — whose youngest child just had his senior prom on Tuesday night — and Gillian Miniter. Both attended the party.
