By Carla Zanoni
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
INWOOD — Five months and many snowfalls after Indian Road Playground first opened last fall, kids, parents and electeds gathered Saturday to celebrate the official opening of the newly reconstructed park.
Parents gathered to thank elected officials for their support of the project — Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and City Councilman Robert Jackson secured funds for the Parks Department renovation — and members of the Friends of Indian Road Playground (FIRP) volunteer group spoke about the benefits of the new playground at 214th Street and Indian Road.
Karin Dando-Haenisch, Inwood mother and spokeswoman for FIRP, also made a point of thanking the neighborhood's kids.
"We thank the children here today, those who have visited in the past and who will in the future," she said. "It is for you that all this has come to completion. So run, jump, build, slide, swing, create imagine and grow here — make joy and make meaning in this space. It is yours."
