A banh mi from the bakery — meatballs with pâté and vegetables, and plenty of hot peppers — makes a parking-lot lunch at Dong Phuong one of the signal pleasures of the American South.
Stronger theming helps to make a park more distinctive.
"The job is to try and fix the situation, not to make a park.
"They're going to filter light down and make a park," he said.
"If you want to make a park, why remove the dirt?" A conversation about the transformation of the Bronx followed.
"We began to think about making a park that was more of a tribute, a place to reflect," she said.
I was headed now, on a whim, to Wörlitz, where in the 18th century a prince of Anhalt-Dessau made a park that was his vision of paradise.
The practice room had yellow walls, French doors, and yellow upholstered chairs, three of which had been pushed together to make a park bench.
"I think any time you talk about making a park more hitter friendly, the hitters are going to be on board with that," David Wright said.
Koch has chosen, in the absence of private interest, to make a park the strategic centerpiece in the putative conversion of the island.
