I was surprised the other day by St. Paul, which doesn’t happen often but it’s nice when it does, and in this case it was about a playground. I rode with Kidical Mass from Highland Park (the playground across Montreal Ave from the Circus Juventas big top tent) on a short trip that took us… Continue reading EXPO Elementary Playground
Category: Parenting
Resources and posts for parents in the audience.
Tretbaugh Park Pump Track
With a little free time in the morning a few days ago I finally made it down to 90th and France in Bloomington to check out the new-ish pump track / bicycle skills park at Tretbaugh Park. It was completed I believe last year, and replaced the broomball rinks where I used to play in… Continue reading Tretbaugh Park Pump Track
Woodhaven
There is a large “destination” playground in Eagan that I recently heard about, Woodhaven. I initially just checked it out online and was largely dismissive of it because of the evident lack of shade. It’s entirely surfaced with poured-in-place rubber (PIP) which also gives that extra “sun baked” feeling to it, that feeling they cleared… Continue reading Woodhaven
Quick Takes Nº 1
I have some thoughts and a lot of gripes, yet many of them don’t need their own post. Here are some of them.
Washington Park
Washington Park is a normal community park in Richfield in the northwest corner of the Cedar/77 and 494 intersection. An old friend mentioned it as some place they were hoping to check out and I guess I beat them to it on an overcast day. My overall feeling was that there wasn’t any one particular… Continue reading Washington Park
Linden Hills Park
Linden Hills is a quirky neighborhood with a lot of amenities, but yesterday was the first time I had ever stopped at the community park there. Set a few blocks from the Linden Hills “town center”, the park stretches across a couple city blocks and packs a lot into the space. Four tennis courts, two… Continue reading Linden Hills Park
Luxton Park
Recently I was out on the bike and decided I had some time for a playground. Being a few miles from home I checked the map for parks nearby and headed to Luxton Park in the Prospect Park neighborhood of Minneapolis. I’m glad I did. Luxton Park play area is tucked away behind the park’s… Continue reading Luxton Park
Fuller Park
Often I associate St. Paul with sand playgrounds featuring community provided sand shovels, trucks, and other toys, but I recently headed to Fuller Park near Nicollet and 50th and discovered much the same in Minneapolis. Happily, it still has the classic Minneapolis staple, a wading pool and rec center. Fuller has Kompan play areas for… Continue reading Fuller Park
Urban Family Biking with Kidical Mass
Yesterday we stopped at Mattocks Park in Saint Paul with the kids between running a bank errand and heading to Lunds, and I’m glad we did because we ran into a bike assembly that I’ve long been curious about. A year ago I briefly had a conversation with some parent about biking around the cities,… Continue reading Urban Family Biking with Kidical Mass