Pursuits

Scene Last Night: Skateboard Secrets, Glenn Close Call

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Architect Caroline O’Donnell, founding principal of CODA, put her feet in one of the pools of “Party Wall,” the pavilion she designed in the courtyard of MoMA PS1 in Long Island City.

Others stood under the water misters or explored the structure, composed of salvaged steel and wood, including detachable skateboards and boardlike benches. Nine-year-old Morgan Kipping did tricks on a skateboard he borrowed from the structure, after reading an Alex Rider spy novel for a spell on one of the benches.