Aug 28, 2015 | adventure playground, architect, P.S. 166, playground, Playground 89, Richard Dattner, The New York Observer
Singer-Songwriter legend Carlos Santana wasn’t necessarily singing about Playground 89, on West 89th Street between Columbus and Amsterdam when he wrote “Let the Children Play” in 1976, but the playground, adjacent famed architect C. B. J....
Sep 20, 2012 | Central Park, Central Park app alert, landscape architecture, photography, playground, Richard Dattner
The first official day of the Fall season may not be until tomorrow, but this morning’s beautiful weather tempted us to celebrate a day early. With blue skies on our side, we took a mid-morning romp through the Adventure Playground, located just a...
Aug 11, 2011 | Central Park, Central Park app alert, parks, photography, playground, preservation, Upper West Side, UWS
Only at a playground is work synonymous with play! This pair of circa 1972 photos come to us from a mother who said of her tyke and his friends, as they made like monkeys, climbing up trees: “Being a kid is their job, to have fun!” We have the...
Aug 10, 2011 | Central Park, Central Park app alert, parks, photography, playground, preservation, Richard Dattner, Upper West Side, UWS
… must come down, right lil’ Charles S.? Adventure Playground, just inside Central Park at West 67th Street, has gotten a good amount of bloglove during the photo series, and why shouldn’t it! As architect Richard Dattner’s first...
Aug 4, 2011 | Central Park, Central Park app alert, landmark, New York, New York City, NYC, playground, preservation, Upper West Side, UWS
Rachel H., you’ve been bested. Little Lila and Isabella, while your lakeside hideaway is enviable, the cuteness factor here is just undeniable.It’s refreshing to know that even as technology advances and child’s play looks more and more like a...
Aug 1, 2011 | Central Park, Central Park app alert, landmark, New York, New York City, NYC, parks, photography, playground, Scenic Landmark
What’s a toddler to do when the temperature hits triple digits? Cool off in one of Central Park’s playground fountains! West Sider Robert I. captured this tot doing just that.”I took this in the summer of 2007 in the playground to the...
