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Creative Playthings was an educational toy store and catalogue that was established by Frank and Theresa Caplan in 1945. The goal of Creative Playthings was to provide simple and beautifully designed toys to promote a child’s creativity and imagination. The original Creative Playthings store was located at 102 West 95th Street in New York ...
Playscape. A playscape is either a piece of land modified for children's play (a natural playscape), a particular structure on a playground, or a nontraditional type of play environment. Landscape architects and designers are increasingly using the term to express areas of cities that encourage interaction and enjoyment for all ages. [1]
History. Playworld began in 1952 as QE Manufacturing Company, which made parts for heavy machinery. [2] The company expanded its operations to playground equipment seven years later in 1959. [3] In 1971, Playworld Systems became its own company. [4] In January 1999, Playworld Systems moved to its current corporate headquarters in Lewisburg. [5]
empowerplaygrounds .org. Empower Playgrounds, Inc. is a U.S.-based 501 (c) (3) public charity that has developed electricity-generating playground equipment for use in rural third-world communities with low rates of rural electrification. [1] The charity works in predominantly subsistence agriculture communities, where children often work on ...
Jungle gym. A jungle gym (called a climbing frame in British English) is a piece of playground equipment made of many pieces of material, such as metal pipes or ropes, on which participants can climb, hang, sit, and—in some configurations—slide. Monkey bars are a part of a jungle gym where a user, hanging in the air, swings between evenly ...
You know the drill—you buy your kid a brand new toy, eagerly anticipating all the fun they’ll have with it (and the downtime that it’ll give you), only to find that your child plays with it ...
Playground equipment (19 P, 1 F) S. Skateparks (1 C, 11 P) U. Playgrounds in the United Kingdom (8 P) Playgrounds in the United States (2 C, 13 P)
CAD: computer-aided design, computer-aided drafting; cadmium [plating]: CAGE: Commercial and Government Entity [code]: A CAGE code is a unique identifier to label an entity (that is, a specific government agency or corporation at a specific site) that is a CDA, ODA, or MFR of the part defined by the drawing.