Friday, February 22, 2013

playground in Chinatown

While out and about I watched kids play at a playground in Chinatown.  It wasn't until I really looked at the play structure that I realized it's design is based on a Chinese junk ship.  Duh.  Except for a day of rain on Tuesday, we've had mostly clear skies since Christmas.  Linked to Skywatch Friday.

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  1. The original play structure was built in 1969 as a project of the Wa Sung Community Service Club. That was "loved to death" and the current modern structure was built in 2003. http://www.wasungserviceclub.org/projects/junkboat/jb.html

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  2. That's one of the best playgrounds I've ever seen!

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  3. It appears it was designed so that kids could not reach and climb the "sails" except for maybe the front one. I naturally would go for it...if I were a kid again.

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  4. What an outstanding playground! These days the playgrounds are so anonymous and boring that I can't imagine kids wanting to play on them. But, not this one. It is great.

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