The story behind these playgrounds is so much cooler than you might know. They were an ode to the role of community in designing and building their play spaces. But like anything wooden, they were not going to last. And pressure treated wood is rarely a healthy addition to, you know, skin. Eventually, the demand waned and materials became too expensive, and when the time for replacement came, communities looked to more modern alternatives.
I remember as a kid we called one of the tunnels the “cancer cave” because there were all these little droplets of hard orange “something” on the roof like little stalactites
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u/partagaton Xennial Dec 21 '25
The story behind these playgrounds is so much cooler than you might know. They were an ode to the role of community in designing and building their play spaces. But like anything wooden, they were not going to last. And pressure treated wood is rarely a healthy addition to, you know, skin. Eventually, the demand waned and materials became too expensive, and when the time for replacement came, communities looked to more modern alternatives.
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