Our Build Zone event will be a fun event for kids, but that doesn’t mean that the parents who comprise Roslindale Wants to Play can’t have some fun, too. Check out some progress photos from a recent building session to see how much we are enjoying this project. Continue reading
Community Meeting: Mount Hope Parcel
Last year we reported that the FY17 budget includes a $50,000 allocation to transform a vacant parcel on the corner of Mount Hope Street and Hyde Park Avenue into a small park. This plot of land has officially been transferred from the Department of Neighborhood Development to Boston Parks and Recreation, and now BPRD is seeking input from the community about possible uses for the space. There will be a community meeting on March 28 at 6:30 PM at the Woodbourne Apartments (6 Southbourne Road) to share your ideas. Continue reading
Pop-Up Build Zone in Roslindale Village!
Join us for an exciting, interactive play event that is popping up in a vacant storefront in Roslindale Village!
The Pop-Up Build Zone, a collaboration between Roslindale Wants to Play and Roslindale Village Main Street, will convert 2 Belgrade Avenue (the old Select Cafe) into a collaborative, community-built ball run. The event will be held from 10 AM – 2 PM on March 18, 19, and 25. Continue reading
Healy Field Design Update
It has been a while since we have posted an update on the design for the upcoming playground renovation at Healy Field. This isn’t entirely unexpected: while the third community meeting was held just over a year ago, we were aware all along that construction would not begin until the renovations at Fallon Field were complete, to ensure that the neighborhood would not lose access to both of its playgrounds simultaneously. Over the course of the last year we have occasionally checked in with Boston Parks and Recreation to make sure that construction is still expected to begin in early spring. While were aware that there would likely be some changes to the plans, we were unsure of how extensive they would be, or whether they would necessitate a fourth community meeting. Continue reading
Fallon Field is Open!
There’s not much left for us to say about the Fallon Field playground, but now that it is open we have plenty of photos to share. Thank you to everyone who has visited already – this weekend has felt like a celebration to us. Continue reading
That’s a Big Slide. Is it Safe?
If you’ve been at the corner of Walter and Walworth, you are undoubtedly aware of the new slide looming above the soon-to-open playground at Fallon Field. It’s a big slide, possibly the highest in the Boston area. We hear a lot of feedback about both that slide and the whole playground design. While the majority of the comments are extremely positive, we also hear some questions about safety. Balancing safety and risk in playgrounds is an important discussion that is happening across the country; in this post we weigh in with our thoughts on risk and why we advocated for such challenging elements at this playground. Continue reading
Path to Better Play at Sumner School
There has been quite a bit of play-related progress at the Charles Sumner School recently that we are excited to share. But before getting into the details, mark your calendar for a Sumner School play space visioning session this Sunday, October 23, 2016 at 1 pm in the community room at Roslindale House. We are pleased to announce that this session will be led by representatives from the Boston Society of Architects, a recent (and welcome) addition to the Sumner design team we had assembled last year.
