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‘Oh dear, what a bunch of sour kangaroos... The materials are more natural. The slides are still there. The climbing rope structure is awesome. The car has been replaced by a... rocket! And the spinning seats are really fun (for me too). My 4-year-old loves it, as do the big kids.’

My complaint re tiki bar etc related 1) to the degradation visually on that lovely block of  R Street, the last upgrade which took it from black asphalt/ parking lot was a neighborhood and ANC approved design - was intended to honor an architect- Wiebenson- whose later career included lending modern and timeless designs  to institutions such as Martha’s Table- this result does not reflect the vision and aesthetic intended-  did anyone consider contacting the Wiebenson family or associates? This was the very first example of a playing field employing drainage that considered the impact on the Chesapeake watershed- in fact a $70K grant was awarded for this innovative lead - just a sidebar

and 2) the older equipment being trashed was not economical- most of the pieces - also created by the notable Danish playground firm Komsomol- employed for this recent project- needed mere maintenance or replaced
Parts. Playgrounds by Kompan from Paris to Copenhagen last decades, meant for refurbishment and periodic upgrades- ‘natural’ material is meaningless here as all Kompan is non toxic and sealed-

PP- whoa! What does ‘well to do parents’ etc have a thing to do with anything? No one would disagree the artificial turf playing field and Poured in place rubber around equipment was due for an upgrade, regardless of socioeconomic level of the kids’ families. It is simply wasteful to have replaced all of the timeless equipment at great expense-

When parents in public schools start brag/splaining their indignence re:wasting $ they have lost site of the opportunity that exists by having your children enrolled in a public school- it is supposed to be an equal playing field across wards- notnsoecial for any particular group of parents
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