 A public park and playground in the Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. Located north of East Broadway and east of Essex Street, it is 3.046 acres (12,330 m2) in size and is the first municipally built playground in the United States. 

Curving paths and a north-south mall divided the park into recreational areas. 

 They that built playgrounds in the undeveloped parks using temporary facilities and equipment, built it as the first permanent, municipally built playground in the country.  

A large running track encircled the play area and children's garden.  

&amp;nbsp;In 1909, Andrew Carnegie financed the construction of the ornate Italian Renaissance Revival-style library, landmarked in 2013, in the park&amp;rsquo;s southeast corner.  

Seward Park

 The first municipally built playground in the United States. 