SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco has a fresh-looking playground in Bernal Heights. The San Francisco Recreation and Park ...

A combination of government regulations and free market innovation has created playgrounds that are incredibly safe for kids… except if they die of boredom. All the fun stuff is gone, but boy is ...

Many communities are renovating playgrounds using materials that were never proven safe for children's long-term use. As a ...

The sensory playground in South Elgin’s SEBA Park is closed through next week so its surface area can be replaced, according to Kim Wascher, the village’s parks and recreation director.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind., July 20 (UPI) -- Just 12 months after installation, each type of 25 playground surfaces were found to have accessibility, safety or maintenance issues, U.S. researchers found.

New slides, swings, and climbing features were offered on Saturday, November 1, at Forest Park Beach, providing new ...

Midland OKs a $250,000 Haley Park playground upgrade, hiring Exerplay for a nature-themed design with shade canopies, turf ...

Rubber playground surface material may protect kids from some injuries but be harboring a different source of harm, a study in Boston suggests. Researchers tested lead levels in the soil, sand, mulch ...

With a passing glance, the new surface at the McManus Park playground in Bettendorf looks like a darker-colored section of the grass that covers the rest of the park. In fact, it is XGrass, an ...

Sunshine filled the air July 1 as families eagerly stood at the Franklin Woods Nature Center Pavilion's entrance to Kayla's Playground, which was just about to reopen after a needed renovation to the ...