The new building has a cafeteria (with a kitchen designed by the chef Daniel Boulud, a Lycée parent), two large gyms, a 350-seat auditorium, a rooftop terrace, a playground and a library with everything from Le Nouvel Observateur to The New York Review of Books.
Using Lego bricks to model the building, the final design unsurprisingly takes the form of a boxy stack of blocks, piled up to form – you guessed it – "a mountain of interconnected terraces and playgrounds".
doormen; eat-in kitchen, hardwood floors, wraparound terrace, 3 exposures; playground in complex; maintenance $1,100, 50% tax-deductible; listed at $750,000 ,1 week on market (broker: John Edwards Real Estate) Brooklyn CARROLL GARDENS $568,0004500 Carroll Street 2-bedroom, 2-bath, 1,150-sq.-ft.
In better weather, we would have made use of our terrace and the playgrounds dotted about the site.
Where to eat Restaurante O Espigueiro (+351 258 322156, oespigueiro.com, about €15pp), 5km from Viano do Castelo, is perfect for families, with a large terrace and children's playground.
The huge, pale building seen on the right between Junctions 29 and 29a, cresting not woods but former miners' terrace housing, is their frivolous playground, Bolsover Castle.
The last major modification of the park took place in 1969 71 to designs by Eberhard Jaenisch, Stefan Rauner and Roswitha Schulz: a mound which remained on the site of the bastion was levelled, a children's playground was added, a terrace was built behind the museum, and the Lapidary was created.
At 9 a.m., meeting in the Mauro Playground in the park, 73rd Terrace between Park Drive East and the Van Wyck Expressway, nyc.gov/parks/rangers; free.
Although a bit dated, the two-bed bungalows are best for families, with secluded rear terraces looking on to the gardens and playground.
