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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Playgrounds: The Experimental Years

Playgrounds: The Experimental Years

Highmore, Ben

Hardcover

General ArchitectureGeneral Parenting

Publisher Price: $35.00

ISBN10: 1789149479
ISBN13: 9781789149470
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Published: Dec 4 2024
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.28
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.43 Depth: 9.23
Language: English
A history of post-war playgrounds and their enduring legacy.

After World War II, a new kind of playground emerged in Northern Europe and North America. Rather than slides, swings, and roundabouts, these new playgrounds encouraged children to build shacks and invent their own entertainment. Playgrounds tells the story of how waste grounds and bombsites were transformed into hives of activity by children and progressive educators. It shows how a belief in the imaginative capacity of children shaped a new kind of playground and how designers reimagined what playgrounds could be. Ben Highmore tells a compelling story about pioneers, designers, and charities--and above all--about the value of play.

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