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Fallon Field Playground | Community Meeting #3 March 3, 2015 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Fallon Field Playground | Community Meeting #3 March 3, 2015 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Fallon Field Playground | Community Meeting #3 March 3, 2015 Improvements to Fallon Field Playground, Roslindale, MA March 3, 2015 Project Schedule Community Meeting + Outreach Design Development Interagency Coordination Construction
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- Create opportunities for kids to take risks. Design should encourage ease of programming.
Natural/ adventure play was widely endorsed as was imaginative play.
- Embankment slides were endorsed. Integrated, programmed slope creates strong play
experience.
- Existing Pin Oaks must stay.
- There aren’t other splash pads or swings in the vicinity. A variety of swings will improve play
- experience. Baby swings are essential.
- Maintenance issues with sand/ sand with water. Alternative tactile play materials should be
considered.
- Keep the play area away from South Street as possible.
- Play features on multiple levels is preferred.
- Stadium seating in the middle of the embankment play area can serve as a “Home Base”.
- Natural vegetation inside the play area offers imaginative play, visual buffer from courts.
- Boulders can create great creative play opportunity and a separation of areas.
- Picnic space under the existing oak trees makes a lot of sense. Viewing/ gathering area as a
connection between the playground and the rest of the park was widely endorsed.
- Ping Pong tables were endorsed over adult exercise equipment.
- Existing 5-12 yr. play equipment will look tired and need repair within the next few years if
- retained. Possible relocation elsewhere.
- A perimeter path should be considered to make better use of park edges.
What We Heard from Meeting #1 & #2
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Context Analysis
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Existing Conditions
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Sledding Fun!
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Preferred Concept: Inspiration
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Preferred Concept
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Birds Eye
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The “Bowl”
Climbing Structure Group Swing Tandem Swing Climbing Structure Spinners Solo Spinner Group Spinner
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Embankment Zone
Stadium Seating Embankment Slide Embankment Slide Extra Wide Slide “Top Rope” Guides Stadium Seating “Top Rope” Guides & Extra Wide Slide
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2 – 5 Yr. Play Zone
Play House Timber Scramble Play House T-Swing Kiddie Embankment Slide Climbing Hand Holds Timber Scramble Climbing Hand Holds
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Water Play Zone
Play House T-Swing Kiddie Embankment Slide Climbing Hand Holds Timber Scramble Activation Bollard Activation Bollard Deck Deck/ Bench Combination
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Loop Path
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Improvements to Fallon Field Playground Café Tables
Gathering/ Viewing Area
Café Tables Ping Pong Concrete Ping Pong Table
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Secret Garden Picnic Area
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