Playgrounds

Alkire, Harold and Regional Occupational Health & Safety Manager. “Session No. 710 Playground Safety–Are Your Children’s Play Areas Safe?” https://aeasseincludes.assp.org, Regional Occupational Health and Safety Manager, Denver CO, aeasseincludes.assp.org/proceedings/2009/docs/710.pdf.

Berg, Nate. “U.S. playgrounds are boringly safe. New designs add a whiff of danger.” Fastcompany, 10 Apr. 2023, www.fastcompany.com/90874228/playground-design-innovations-danger-risk-diversity.

Brussoni, Mariana, et al. “Risky Play and Children’s Safety: Balancing Priorities for Optimal Child Development.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 9, no. 9, Aug. 2012, pp. 3134–48. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph9093134.

Click Americana. “These 47 Dangerous Old Playgrounds Were Risky, Chaotic - and Totally Normal - Click Americana.” Click Americana, 28 May 2025, clickamericana.com/toys-and-games/dangerous-old-playgrounds-our-great-grandparents-somehow-survived.

Frost, Joe. “Evolution of American Playgrounds.” Scholarpedia, vol. 7, no. 12, Jan. 2012, p. 30423. https://doi.org/10.4249/scholarpedia.30423.

Highmore, Ben. “How 1950s bombsites in the UK were turned into adventure playgrounds.” The Conversation, theconversation.com/how-1950s-bombsites-in-the-uk-were-turned-into-adventure-playgrounds-195031.

History of Playgrounds in Parks : NYC Parks. www.nycgovparks.org/about/history/playgrounds.

Karoff, Timothy. “The Bay Area’s most hazardous playground has to be seen to be believed.” Sfgate, 14 June 2024, www.sfgate.com/local/article/berkeley-adventure-playground-19462017.php.

“KOMPAN | Commercial Playground Equipment Manufacturer in Canada.” Kompan, www.kompan.com/en/ca.

Root, Faye. “Where Did All the Wooden Playgrounds Go?” Michigan Enjoyer, 9 Apr. 2025, enjoyer.com/wooden-playgrounds-safety-parenting.

Staff, Asla. “A Brief History of Playground Design, Part 1.” The Field, 12 Mar. 2020, thefield.asla.org/2020/03/12/a-brief-history-of-playground-design-part-1.

---. “A Brief History of Playground Design, Part 2.” The Field, 13 Mar. 2020, thefield.asla.org/2020/03/19/a-brief-history-of-playground-design-part-2.

“Today’s Playgrounds May Be Too Safe, Critics Warn.” TODAY.com, 19 July 2011, www.today.com/parents/todays-playgrounds-may-be-too-safe-critics-warn-wbna43810459.

Verni, Martin. “Fun Came First: A Brief History of Playground Equipment.” Goric Marketing Group USA, Inc., 15 Sept. 2015, goric.com/fun-came-first-a-brief-history-of-playground-equipment-in-america.

“Why You Can’t Play on History’s Most Thrilling Piece of Playground Equipment.” Nationalpost, 17 Feb. 2021, nationalpost.com/news/why-you-cant-play-on-historys-most-thrilling-piece-of-playground-equipment.

Wikipedia contributors. “Leathers and Associates.” Wikipedia, 1 June 2025, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leathers_and_Associates#:~:text=Leathers%20and%20Associates%20is%20an,was%20located%20in%20Dormont%2C%20Pennsylvania.