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A new play structure, now Canada's tallest, has been opened at Millennium Park in Castlegar (www.castlegarnews.com)
submitted 4 months ago by Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to c/britishcolumbia@lemmy.ca
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Cross-posted to https://sh.itjust.works/post/21102211

Here is a before on Google Street View, and here is an after (while under construction).

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[โ€“] squidspinachfootball@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Parents of small children will be happy to hear that rather than sand, gravel, or wood chips, the play area is covered in rubber surfacing.

Why rubber? I remember way back in the day they changed the surfaces a couple times, but we always preferred gravel. Sand we never had, but wood chips had splinters and rubber got really hot in the summer and gave us more burns or scrapes when we fell. Gravel was dusty but cushioned our falls better.

[โ€“] TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Why rubber? I remember way back in the day they changed the surfaces a couple times, but we always preferred gravel. Sand we never had, but wood chips had splinters and rubber got really hot in the summer and gave us more burns or scrapes when we fell. Gravel was dusty but cushioned our falls better.

Man, I remember when it was just grass. It was removed, IIRC, because parents got annoyed their kids came home with grass stains on their pants.