New Civic Center Children's Playgrounds
The two childrens' playgrounds in Civic Center Plaza along Larkin Street have been fenced off for the last couple of months for major redesign, and a couple of weeks ago a fence appeared in the middle of the plaza on the long stretch of dirt.
Not that many years ago, there was a beautiful ornamental fountain that ran the entire stretch of the central plaza. This was eventually replaced by a lawn, which was torn out in 2008 for a "Victory Garden," a boneheaded collaboration between celebrity chef Alice Waters and then-Mayor Gavin Newsom.
Since 2008, the space has been a stretch of packed earth, but now it has a kid-friendly play space which was being used today by parents and their children waiting on a rainy morning for the Cherry Blossom Parade to begin.
It seems an odd site to place a playground since there are so many large gatherings in the plaza, from protest marches to parades to outdoor rallies, not to mention all the drug-addled street people who hang out in the neighborhood.
Still, it's a nice design and the little boys crawling around in the cubes under their father's watchful eye looked like they were having a blast.
3 comments:
During the Tax March stand-around phase, it was a pleasure to find myself stepping onto this unexpected soft surface. Kids were all over the structures; they know what it is for.
Dear Jan: Good to hear that report.
Dunno. It's very odd looking.
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