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Let the children have their way…Let the children play

Let the children have their way…Let the children play

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....

A Morning at Play

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...

Playtime in Central Park :: Work & Play

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...

Playtime in Central Park :: What goes up …

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...

Playtime in Central Park :: Wanna go for a ride?

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...

Playtime in Central Park :: Splish, splash at Levin Playground

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...
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3 brilliant journalists (and UWSers!) recall the 1950s/1960s Upper West Side. Join us--and bring your own memories of a special time in a very special community. 4/13 6pm. FREE for LW Members! ... See MoreSee Less

The Belnord, Beresford and Barney G: West Side Stories

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Journalists Peter Osnos, Walter Shapiro and Meryl Gordon share a fascinating discussion on the Upper West Side of the 1950s and 1960s and how its immigrants, artists and academics contributed to a uni...

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