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I'm missing some context here- what happened to these playgrounds? Why have they gone missing? For example, it looks like Central Park still has a lot of playgr

• matt_morgan 12y ago
  Actually one of his lost playgrounds is still there, http://www.centralparknyc.org/things-to-see-and-do/attractions/adventure-playground.html http://www.centralparknyc.org/things-to-see-and-do/attractio... but it does look somewhat different. There are however a few other playgrounds (103rd st., Ancient Playground) on that list you found that have similar features. It looks to me like he's lamenting the loss of a certain kind of vision in modernist playgrounds that were less about swings and slides and more about stimulating creative play. I don't know a lot about it, but you can probably dig for it. What I'll say though is that while the modernism might have been lost, the adventure has not and new playgrounds in NYC get better and better with every new or rebuilt one.
  • oddthink 12y ago
    Adventure playground is there, but most of the tunnels are blocked off. You can't go inside any of the pyramids any more. It's still a great space, but it's not a free-wheeling as it was perhaps intended to be.
    • matt_morgan 12y ago
      Are you sure about that? I was there a year and a half ago and had no trouble with the tunnels. And the similar pyramids at the 103rd st. and Ancient Playgrounds have tunnels.