The Globalization Playground

        As consciousness around food becomes more prevalent, consciousness around clothing has become widespread as well. Nowadays, more and more consumers are concerned about where their clothes come from. Some of these concerns include wages of the company’s workers, working conditions, and regulation of child labor laws of the company’s "factories" abroad.

      Though there are many individuals who are asking the right questions, there is a significant need for the rest of the public to be aware, as well. Specifically focusing on the disadvantages of child labor, I am proposing a monument of a recreational area called “The Globalization Playground.” The playground will consist of a sewing machine swing, a needle-filled sandbox and a slide with very rough fabric. It will serve as a juxtaposition between the missed childhood and the awful working conditions that some children face while working in a “factory” for a fast fashion retailer.
     Three possible sites for this monument would be on Fashion Ave. close to the large monument of a needle and a button, in the middle of the Garment district, or in the middle of Times Square for all the tourists to be turned off from buying cheap, American goods.