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Adventure Playground (Berkeley)

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134: 164:, who had made use of scrap junkyards for playgrounds when Copenhagen was under occupation during World War II. The adventure playground model, sometimes referred to as a "junk playground," is to provide children with the resources to build. The available tools include saws, hammers, workbenches, and nails. The legal liability raised by giving children relatively unrestricted access to these tools has made adventure playgrounds rare in the United States, with the Berkeley Adventure Playground being one of only four in the country. 29: 67: 229: 244: 224: 239: 182: 234: 60: 161: 201: 153: 149: 103: 53: 133: 8: 123: 157: 28: 218: 82: 69: 43: 160:. The park opened in 1979 based on the ideas of Danish architect 145: 202:"'Adventure Playgrounds' a Dying Breed in the U.S." 216: 199: 137:Play structure in the Adventure Playground 180: 132: 16:Urban park and playground in California 217: 230:Parks in Alameda County, California 13: 200:Wiederholt, Kristin (2006-03-09). 14: 256: 245:1979 establishments in California 225:Playgrounds in the United States 113:Saturdays and Sundays, 11 am-4pm 27: 193: 183:"Play Freely At Your Own Risk" 174: 22:Adventure Playground, Berkeley 1: 240:Parks in Berkeley, California 181:Fusselman, Amy (2015-01-14). 167: 7: 10: 261: 117: 109: 98: 59: 49: 39: 35: 26: 21: 138: 83:37.86315°N 122.31451°W 235:Adventure playgrounds 162:Carl Theodor Sørensen 136: 154:Berkeley, California 150:adventure playground 142:Adventure Playground 104:Berkeley, California 88:37.86315; -122.31451 54:Berkeley, California 79: /  139: 156:, located at the 131: 130: 252: 209: 208: 197: 191: 190: 178: 127: 126: 124:Official website 99:Operated by 94: 93: 91: 90: 89: 84: 80: 77: 76: 75: 72: 31: 19: 18: 260: 259: 255: 254: 253: 251: 250: 249: 215: 214: 213: 212: 198: 194: 179: 175: 170: 158:Berkeley Marina 122: 121: 87: 85: 81: 78: 73: 70: 68: 66: 65: 17: 12: 11: 5: 258: 248: 247: 242: 237: 232: 227: 211: 210: 192: 172: 171: 169: 166: 129: 128: 119: 115: 114: 111: 107: 106: 100: 96: 95: 63: 57: 56: 51: 47: 46: 41: 37: 36: 33: 32: 24: 23: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 257: 246: 243: 241: 238: 236: 233: 231: 228: 226: 223: 222: 220: 206: 203: 196: 188: 184: 177: 173: 165: 163: 159: 155: 151: 147: 143: 135: 125: 120: 116: 112: 108: 105: 101: 97: 92: 64: 62: 58: 55: 52: 48: 45: 42: 38: 34: 30: 25: 20: 204: 195: 187:The Atlantic 186: 176: 141: 140: 86: / 74:122°18′52″W 61:Coordinates 219:Categories 168:References 146:urban park 71:37°51′47″N 44:Playground 102:City of 50:Location 118:Website 144:is an 148:and 110:Open 40:Type 205:NPR 152:in 221:: 185:. 207:. 189:.

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Playground
Berkeley, California
Coordinates
37°51′47″N 122°18′52″W / 37.86315°N 122.31451°W / 37.86315; -122.31451
Berkeley, California
Official website

urban park
adventure playground
Berkeley, California
Berkeley Marina
Carl Theodor Sørensen
"Play Freely At Your Own Risk"
"'Adventure Playgrounds' a Dying Breed in the U.S."
Categories
Playgrounds in the United States
Parks in Alameda County, California
Adventure playgrounds
Parks in Berkeley, California
1979 establishments in California

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