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is there a playground in forest park?
i'm meeting someone in forest park and we both have kids so we want to find a playground there. does anyone know if there is a playground in forest park or somewhere near there?
thanks!!
Re: is there a playground in forest park?
Hi Jill! Google says there is, but I'm not quite sure where although I do remember them talking about the groundbreaking awhile back...
Dennis and Judith Jones Variety Wonderland
St. Louis Variety, formerly Variety Club, recently presented a $2 million gift to the City of St. Louis ? its first inclusive public playground. Thanks to seven local donors, this historic gift was officially named the Dennis and Judith Jones Variety Wonderland at a groundbreaking ceremony on July 26 in Forest Park.
This half-acre, state-of-the-art playground was specifically designed for ALL children ? able-bodied children and children with disabilities. Featuring 29 pieces of equipment, children will naturally learn about diversity, disabilities and acceptance through playtime in five areas. First Adventures for children ages 2-5, Big Adventures for children ages 6 to 12, the Secret Garden and an Observation Relaxation Deck and Living Shelter. Some of the features include a wheelchair-accessible tree house, Braille panel and 32' musical pylon for the visually impaired, creative panels, 14 perennials known to attract, feed and house Monarch butterflies and talk phones. Customized equipment include teeter-totter swings with high backs, disc swings, metal slides for children with cochlear implants, double slides and four-seat seesaws.
Donors are Dennis and Judith Jones, Mary Ann Lee, Jill and Sam Hamacher, Barbara Hagnauer Muckerman and Richard I.C. Muckerman, the Steven F. Schankman family and Ed and Margie Imo. Construction is in progress just west of the Dennis and Judith Jones Visitor and Education Center. The constructor is BSI and the design team is Powers Bowersox Associates, Inc. (PBA) and HOK. For more information call St. Louis Variety at (314) 453-0453 X 22 or visit www.varietystl.org.
i found this when looking -
"A rehabbed historic trolley station has been transformed into the park's wonderful Visitor Center, with beautiful, modern furniture to relax. This is on the North end, just east of the History Museum. The volunteer staff offer much help with where to go & what to do in the metro area. There are free brochures and periodicals. Also at the visitor center --- A small, attractively decorated place, called Forest Park Perc, to get breakfast, a sandwich or other simple foods & beverages. You can escape the heat, inside, or sit on the patio or front "porch." You can bring your own food,as I often do. Adjacent is a new, beautiful large playground, designed to be used by children of all physical abilities & disabilities. "
I guess it is there and we need to go look for it