Image: Tot Playground, Washington Square Park Ever wonder about the trees in your local playground? We’ve written a series about the trees in five Manhattan playgrounds for ioby. Read the first installment at http://ioby.org/blog/recipes-for-change-the-trees-of-tot-playground.
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Playgrounds are typically profiled in the “At play” series but we would like to share our list of moon-inspired children’s books in advance of the total lunar eclipse to occur on Saturday, December 10, 2011. We were inspired by a moon-inspired book list on oomscholasticblog tweeted by @ScholasticNYC. Dinosaur’s Binkit, Sandra Boynton Pajama Time, Sandra […]
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If you are familiar with the Lower East Side of Manhattan you might be wondering about the location of the Houston Street Playground. It is the northernmost of five playgrounds in Sara D. Roosevelt Park on Chrystie Street. We played at this playground numerous times this summer as it is across the street from a […]
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This is the inaugural post in an occasional series about playgrounds. The reviews are based on visits to playgrounds accompanied by a 16 to 24 month old child. We consider the following factors in our assessment: sun/shade, seating, water, safety, and cleanliness. Washington Square Park has two playgrounds. (According to the WSP Reconstruction Parks web […]
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Manhattan’s “first new playground the parks department has opened downtown in about a decade” opens today at the Burling Slip at the South Street Seaport. Last week we wrote about David Rockwell’s Imagination Playground concept and child’s play in NYC. We have included the essay below for your convenience. Will you be playing at the […]
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Imagination Playground in a Box, High Line Park, May 2010 Playground design has been a hot topic this year. It started with overheated metal domes at two Michael Van Valkenburgh designed playgrounds. More recently, architect (and parent) David Rockwell’s Imagination Playground (in partnership with the “saving play for America’s children” nonprofit, KaBOOM!) has been the […]
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