Word: playground
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...world. Gunfire was a nightly occurrence, and there were at least a dozen deaths from shootings and overdoses. "We have been under siege for almost two years by drug dealers," Barbara Brown, vice president of the Mayfair Residents Council told TIME's Susan Schindehette. "The dealers took over the playground, so the children couldn't play there...
...recent days, laughing children are being heard again on the Mayfair playground, and parents even take their young ones out after dark. For Mayfair, help came from an unusual source: the Nation of Islam...
Under existing zoning laws, said Cambridgeactivist Robert J. LaTremouille, the John F.Kennedy Park is zoned for office space, theCorporal Burns Playground adjacent to PeabodyTerrace is zoned for highrises, the RiversidePress Park is zoned for office buildings, and theriver banks themselves are zoned for two-familyhouses...
Last year the nine students converted a garbage dump into a public plaza. The dump site "because it was the only open area, was also used as a playground by children," says Jim Palos, an alumnus of last year's program and its Midwest coordinator. "We also built a drainage system under it so excess water from the daily rain could escape," Palos says...
Construction of the playground next to a Catholic church was very important, Palos says, because of the ambiance it creates together with the church: "[A plaza] is a communal area which is very important to Latin American culture...