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Play Blog

The Play Blog is where we highlight the latest innovations in the commercial play and recreation space. Check here for industry news.

New Playground Nurtures the Whole Child at Oak Knoll School in Summit, NJ

An interview with Christine Spies, Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child While many General Recreation client projects are years in the making, sometimes the creation of a great playground is very swift. With six weeks from “hello” to installation, Gen Rec’s Joe Del Vecchio worked closely with Oak Knoll [...]

The Friendship Swing

The Friendship Swing is a multi-user swing that allows people, not just kids, to swing together. Finally, grandparents can swing along with their grandchildren. Moms and Dads can swing with their young kids. Two teenagers can swing together and socialize. The Friendship Swing allows a more dynamic swing experience than [...]

FitCore Extreme: Custom Fitness Course

FitCore™ Extreme takes the popularity of high-intensity strength training to the public space. With 37 pre-designed challenging outdoor fitness equipment stations, you may customize your extreme fitness course to accommodate your space available, the level of challenges you want to provide and the users you intend to target for use [...]

New: Smart Play Centre - A Village of Fun!

Smart Play Centre: Three separately themed play houses for 2-5 year olds allow you to create a dynamic learning and playing experience. Utilize one, two or all three play houses. Any combination of these structures can be link with a series of elevated crawl tunnels to create a Smart Play [...]

Alpha Link™ Towers, Bring New Heights to Play

Introducing Alpha Tower™ and Alpha Link™ Towers Playground planners may double the climbing challenge by incorporating the Alpha Link™ Towers into this industrial looking playground design. Two massive towers, linked by an elevated crawl tunnel, offer different levels of challenge on the way up, while it incorporates two thrilling slides [...]

School Principals Build Stonehurst Hills Elementary Playground

School Principals Build Dream Playground at Stonehurst Hills Elementary in Upper Darby, PA Aaronda Beauford pinched herself the morning of July 8. The Stonehurst Hills Elementary School principal watched more than 115 fellow principals from across the United States build her school’s new playground. Alongside school staff, students’ parents and [...]

The cool aesthetics of Hot Dip Galvanized (HDG SERIES) steel offers a fresh look for your playground. Its distinctive zinc patina gradually takes on a uniform matte gray appearance, blending in well with the styles of many different play environments— urban, sculptural, modern, industrial and more. Also, if you happen [...]

Rhapsody Junior Instruments For 2-5 Year Olds

Rhapsody Junior Landscape Structures released a new preschooler’s version of the popular Rhapsody instruments. These Rhapsody Junior Outdoor Musical Instrument products will allow little ones the same great sound, but now the instruments are smaller and closer to the ground, at the correct height for this age group. These can [...]

Landscape Structures New Products
Every year Landscape Structures leads the industry in new product development. Introducing the 2017 release of Landscape Structures, which includes fun well designed playhouses for children 6 months old to 5 years old, GeoPlex™, a host of new slides, Global Motion® and more. [...]
New Playground, A Community Jewel for Treasure Lake
Generosity runs deep in the interdenominational faith community of Treasure Lake Church in DuBois, PA. With a large financial gift from congregation member Charlotte Bushong, the church opened a new family life center in December 2014, followed by a new playground in July 2016 for its “God’s Little Treasures” preschool [...]

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