![]() ![]() On the playground, I found a mysterious piece of playground equipment – one that was new and unusual to me. Last winter, I wrote about a playground in Brownington, Vermont. Thanks for sticking around, preservationists and friends. This is the one I referred to as “waiting in the wings.” I hope you enjoy it. I think a good way to start 2021 on Preservation in Pink is with a fun playground post. Happy New Year, friends! I hope 2021 brings you good health, happiness, prosperity, and may it bring peace as well. I’d love to feature them on Preservation in Pink. These 1970s pieces are getting rarer as the years tick by, so take photographs while you can and send them my way. It’s a gymnastics exercise and involves starting in a dead hang, keeping your arms legs straight, pointing your toes, and bringing your legs over your head into an inverted hang position. They can climb, balance, chin, leg drop, or skin the cat with plenty of room to maneuver on this sturdy climber.”įor those wondering what “skin the cat” means in the advertisement above… I looked it up, too. The advertisement reads “Boys and girls love the patented Four-Way climber because it can take on a whole group of children at one time. ![]() From the book Once Upon a Playground: A Celebration of Classic American Playgrounds, 1920-1975 by Brenda Biondo (University Press of New England, 2014), page 88. Today’s apparatus feature is the 1975 Miracle Recreation Equipment Company’s “Four-Way Climber”. I was surprised to come across this one, sitting adjacent to a large modern playground in Williston, VT. You never know where a vintage piece of playground equipment will be. It’s summertime! I have a few new (to me) playground apparatus finds, and it seems like the perfect season to share them. ![]()
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