Neglected Histories of Adventure Playgrounds in the United States

 
 

Timeline of Adventure playgrounds in the United States, 1949-1979

This timeline may not be comprehensive. It reflects the adventure playgrounds that I have found clear evidence of through archival research.

 
 
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Diagram illustrating the production of The Yard, Minneapolis, MN:

 
 
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Diagram of the networked production of adventure playgrounds in NYC in the early 1970s