The parents living in the University Park, Ravenna/Bryant, U-Village and Blakely areas have been anxiously awaiting the new playground at Ravenna Park on 54th and Ravenna. The new playground has had a fence up around it now for months, but from a distance it looks completed. Every parent I've talked to is asking "What's Up? When is it going to be open?"
I don't know when the official "opening" is, however, I did walk past today and saw families playing on it. The fence was still up, so my husband and I were intrigued. How did they get in there? We saw the gaps in the fence, looked at each other and shrugged. I guess the less than moral choice won out, as even other parents can provide just the right amount of peer pressure for us to go check it out.
Its a great playground. After playing on it for a few minutes, we started seeing what was still incomplete. The bathrooms and community center are still under contruction. A pole topper is missing from one support of the playground. A section of fence needs to be installed (but better ideas include, another entrance to the playground or a shorter slides for littler people).
But the swings are great! The slides even gave me a bit of a tummy tickle on the way down. And the spinning things (don't know the name, but you'll know what I mean when you see them) are awesome! My husband got going on one too fast and experience some real motion sickness. Think a Tilt-A-Whirl meets Disneyland Tea Cup with more centrifical force, and you've got the recipe for some major dizziness.
So there's your sneak peek into North Seattle's newest playground. There a quite a few parents in the area looking forward to it. Cowan park on 15th and Ravenna is a long walk for many, and the Kids Club playgroun at UVillage is frequently very busy. Yay for a new playground alternative!
Now if only we could play on it legitmately.
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