Playground
#121
Posted 22 October 2009 - 10:10 AM
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#122
Posted 13 March 2010 - 11:14 AM
I was told that they were manned by teens hired by the City and that in the summertime they would "rent" out balls and gloves etc. and I think even board games if the weather was rainy.
Anyway, I think this would be a good thing to bring back. Relatively low cost and high benefit to the community.
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#123
Posted 13 March 2010 - 12:08 PM
Is it true that most municipal playgrounds had shacks full of sporting equipment and games 40+ years ago?
They certainly did when I was a girl. In the summertime, they held the supplies for crafts, that were set up on long trestle tables. The 'old' man responsible at Beacon Hill's concrete playground, always dressed in shorts and running shoes.
Happy days.
#124
Posted 05 September 2010 - 08:47 AM
http://www.fastcodes...ed-of-fun-video
Dare I say this would be a great addition to the Atrium office building?
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#125
Posted 05 September 2010 - 08:54 AM
#126
Posted 05 September 2010 - 11:44 AM
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#127
Posted 26 September 2010 - 11:09 PM
http://www.nytimes.c...25_opchart.html
#128
Posted 19 July 2011 - 06:47 AM
...critics say that [safe] playgrounds may stunt emotional development, leaving children with anxieties and fears that are ultimately worse than a broken bone.
“Children need to encounter risks and overcome fears on the playground,” said Ellen Sandseter, a professor of psychology at Queen Maud University in Norway. “I think monkey bars and tall slides are great. As playgrounds become more and more boring, these are some of the few features that still can give children thrilling experiences with heights and high speed.”
http://www.nytimes.c...l?_r=1&src=dayp
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#129
Posted 19 July 2011 - 09:09 AM
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#130
Posted 19 July 2011 - 11:35 AM
I think most new playgrounds these days are not designed to prevent broken limbs, but broken spines.
There always should be a balance. Kids need to take risks; but honestly some of the playgrounds I played on as a kid were more like bomb sites.
#131
Posted 16 March 2013 - 10:16 AM
It brings in so many people from outside the neighbourhood I'm sure it must be helping businesses in the Village considerably. Yes, it is that popular.
This is what should have been done at Cridge Park. Such a lost opportunity to bring in families, which would in turn bring in money to local businesses. Instead they install a bunch of useless paths and place a bunch of pointy rocks where the homeless used to sleep. The design was more to repel the homeless than it was to entertain and stimulate. Such a shame. So lacking in imagination.
#132
Posted 16 March 2013 - 09:16 PM
#133
Posted 16 March 2013 - 10:00 PM
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