Wednesday, June 3, 2015
City Museum, St. Louis; Now That's a Playground
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Created by sculptor Bob Cassilly The City Museum is a repurposed shoe factory that now features one of the world's most spectacular playgrounds.
Among other things, it has a 10-story spiral slide:
And an enchanted cave.
Why aren't there more such places in the world?
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1 comment:
"Why aren't there more such places in the world?"
I'm certain I could list off reasons, starting with "Money", but you can probably imagine most of them yourself.
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