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Vinay Vasanji
@vinayvasanji.eth
Why has there barely any innovation or new approaches to kids playground design? Its always the same setup wherever you go
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Shira Stember
@shira
Go to Copenhagen with kids They have it all figured out This was the coolest playground https://www.visitcopenhagen.com/copenhagen/planning/childrens-traffic-playground-gdk507562
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Jack Miller
@jackm
What did you have in mind?
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soyboy
@soyboy
I think it’s because of city’s parks and recreation departments aren’t prioritized so there’s not a lot of room to innovate. For example, a city like Fresno Ca has their parc funds appropriated by the police department so doing the basics is hard enough
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7858
@7858.eth
Have you seen the pier 26 playground? It's gorgeous as sculpture, it's slightly more "dangerous" than most (that's unequivocally a good thing) in that it allows kids to treat almost every surface as climbable, and it's got a bunch of nice, robust little flourishes like a mister that runs periodically and I guess most importantly, kids love it I've spent a lot of time over the last five years at playgrounds and this was the first that seemed innovative in all that time https://hudsonriverpark.org/activities/pier-26-science-playground/
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kripcat.eth 🎩
@kripcat.eth
Oh hey something I’m qualified to comment on here on FC. I work in a municipal Parks department. This is down to 2 key factors. Cost and risk. Cost: Limited budgets in local government lead to tenders for new playgrounds being driven largely by cost. Over time this has lead to consolidation in the playground equipment industry into a few large players as companies seek better economies of scale. These companies tend to offer standardised, modular equipment that gets copy and pasted again and again. Standardised equipment is also cheaper to maintain. Risk: Local governments are very risk averse because they are liable for a wide range of diverse services from roads to urban forestry to playgrounds. People tend to be particularly overwrought and litigious when it comes to childrens’ safety. Standardised equipment helps to minimise this risk. 1/2
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Stuart
@olystuart
One I like around here is an artificial stream park for kids.
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