Indoor Parks
Outdoor parks are great, but they have limited usefulness when it rains, snows or in cold
weather. We need indoor parks too.
An indoor park can be any indoor public space where you can sit down and be protected from the elements.
As far as I can tell we have no "free" public indoor playgrounds and a very limited number of" Indoor " Parks" in Chelsea, the following are the only locations that I figure meet this specification
Mulenberger Library (seats and reading)
Chelsea Market (seats and window shopping)
Fulton Senior Center (seats, meals, activities for seniors)
Penn South Senior Center (seats, library, activities for seniors)
When building and or renovating public parks in Chelsea consideration should be given to add Indoor or weather sheltered outdoor spaces to them.
An indoor park can be any indoor public space where you can sit down and be protected from the elements.
As far as I can tell we have no "free" public indoor playgrounds and a very limited number of" Indoor " Parks" in Chelsea, the following are the only locations that I figure meet this specification
Mulenberger Library (seats and reading)
Chelsea Market (seats and window shopping)
Fulton Senior Center (seats, meals, activities for seniors)
Penn South Senior Center (seats, library, activities for seniors)
When building and or renovating public parks in Chelsea consideration should be given to add Indoor or weather sheltered outdoor spaces to them.
Indoor Playgrounds
Chelsea have 6 public outdoor playgrounds, but no public indoor playground. This means that during the winter and on rainy days there are no playgrounds for Chelsea kids except for the private (pay for) play spaces that have been set up to fill this gap.
Appleseeds
Little Athletes Exploration Center
Given funding limitations one way to create indoor playgrounds is through private-public partnerships. The Privately owned public space program can be used as one form of this. Certain areas of Manhattan actually have an oversupply of outdoor POPS parks, by only allowing indoor POPS playground to be build in these areas we can get indoor playgrounds for those areas.
Private Indoor Playgrounds In the Chelsea Area
City TreehouseAppleseeds
Little Athletes Exploration Center
The existence of Private Indoor Playgrounds show that we have a unmet need for Public Indoor Playgrounds
Given funding limitations one way to create indoor playgrounds is through private-public partnerships. The Privately owned public space program can be used as one form of this. Certain areas of Manhattan actually have an oversupply of outdoor POPS parks, by only allowing indoor POPS playground to be build in these areas we can get indoor playgrounds for those areas.
Another way to create low cost indoor playgrounds is to create affordable housing with spaces for indoor playgrounds as part of the buildings.
As
is now an affordable housing project will benefit a small number of
people who get the apartments. By including indoor playgrounds in these
buildings the surrounding community will benefit too.
Here are some examples of indoor
playgrounds
Greystone Recreation Center, Raleigh, NC
"The only FREE indoor playground in the City that I know of. This was a great discovery to beat the heat. They are closed a couple hours during the day for camps, so you have to check before going. It is not great for kids under 2, especially crawlers because the floor is dirty, they come out black. Older kids should wear jeans. I saw one kid trip and fall and his knee was bleeding, the outdoor surface material is rough. Most kids do take off their shoes, but their feet are black when done playing. Nothing a bath won't cure. There are also classrooms there that you can rent for birthday parties. They have vending machines, bathrooms and water fountains. Also in the same plaza is Gymboree and a kids art store." link
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Free Parking
An Indoor Park in the Dead of Winter
You have contingency plans in place for weather like this.
Usually they involve your apartment, a delivery man named Edgar and the finest reclusive sweat suits money can buy.
But that was yesterday. Today, you’ll add a new amendment.
One that accounts for a bright, warm, 5,000-square-foot grassy knoll of eternal spring in Nolita.
Welcome to the sunny and 73-degree world of Park Here, an indoor alternative to Central Park in January, where you’ll relax on the grass during the day, and dine with a movie on the lawn during the night, open this very moment.
After the Great Pyramids, the Roman Colosseum and the shark submarine, this artificial habitat might just stand as man’s greatest creation: shade trees, picnic benches, sprawling green fields and the soothing ambient sounds of Now That’s What I Call Bird Chirping #7, all moved indoors for your temperature-controlled satisfaction.
It’s the kind of place you’ll retreat to for a clandestine midday nap, a gentlemen’s game of bocce (that means no biting) and a lobster roll from Luke’s Lobster, who, along with Mexicue, are there to sate your bocce hunger on the weekends.
And because UrbanDaddy loves nature (defined as drinking champagne on lawns, of course), we’ll be running the park come nightfall. Expect movie/dinner nights curated by our editors, an open bar and five-course picnic baskets by the likes of Daniel Boulud, The Little Owl, The Fat Radish and Nobu. Also, fireworks.
Of the figurative sense, that is.
Usually they involve your apartment, a delivery man named Edgar and the finest reclusive sweat suits money can buy.
But that was yesterday. Today, you’ll add a new amendment.
One that accounts for a bright, warm, 5,000-square-foot grassy knoll of eternal spring in Nolita.
Welcome to the sunny and 73-degree world of Park Here, an indoor alternative to Central Park in January, where you’ll relax on the grass during the day, and dine with a movie on the lawn during the night, open this very moment.
After the Great Pyramids, the Roman Colosseum and the shark submarine, this artificial habitat might just stand as man’s greatest creation: shade trees, picnic benches, sprawling green fields and the soothing ambient sounds of Now That’s What I Call Bird Chirping #7, all moved indoors for your temperature-controlled satisfaction.
It’s the kind of place you’ll retreat to for a clandestine midday nap, a gentlemen’s game of bocce (that means no biting) and a lobster roll from Luke’s Lobster, who, along with Mexicue, are there to sate your bocce hunger on the weekends.
And because UrbanDaddy loves nature (defined as drinking champagne on lawns, of course), we’ll be running the park come nightfall. Expect movie/dinner nights curated by our editors, an open bar and five-course picnic baskets by the likes of Daniel Boulud, The Little Owl, The Fat Radish and Nobu. Also, fireworks.
Of the figurative sense, that is.
VITALS
Park Hereat Openhouse Gallery
201 Mulberry St
New York, NY 10012
212-334-0288
official website
EXTRAS
Read more: http://www.urbandaddy.com/nyc/leisure/12319/Park_Here_An_Indoor_Park_in_the_Dead_of_Winter_New_York_City_NYC_Destination#ixzz1wP6XMs3R
also: Open House Gallery in NYC Presents Park Here: A Temporary Indoor Park in Nolita
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Once in decline, the Corvallis Indoor Park is thriving
Three-year-old Wiley Koning was running and jumping on a large foam climbing structure when his mother, Angela Koning, reminded him that it was time to go.
“Why are we going home?” Wiley asked, with a sad look.
The plea for more play time is something Koning hears a lot. “They have a lot of fun in here,” she said.
Koning is a member of the Corvallis Indoor Park, a volunteer-run nonprofit that offers a place for unstructured indoor play for infants to kindergarten-age children from October through May. She comes to the park once or twice a week.
“When it’s raining outside, it’s nice to have a safe and dry place,” she said.
The organization recently moved from the Boys & Girls Club of Corvallis on Northwest Circle Boulevard to the First Presbyterian Church in downtown Corvallis on Southwest Eighth Street.
“It’s warm and cozy, a really positive environment,” said Lissa Bennett, who is head of the indoor park’s board of directors. The large room has plenty of space for children to bike and run, a corner for dress-up and a kitchen area for parents to bring food.
But finding the space was not easy.
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an indoor playground need not cost millions of dollars to create.The Imagination Playground in a Box can be created in a space as little as 210 square feet for a cost of around $6,500 . Here's an idea -Swapping one 400 sq foot apartment in an affordable housing project for a indoor community playground.will help integrate the project into a part of the neighborhood.
- Recommended Age Group
- 2 years and up
- Minimum Play Area
- 210 sq. ft.
- Overall Dimensions
- Approximately 15’-0” W x 2’-6” D x 3’-0” H
wall graphic: 15’-0” W x 7’-0” H - Weight
- Approximately 185 lbs.
- Site Condition
- For use in indoor settings.
Adult supervision required at all times. - Content Includes
- 75 biodegradable blue foam Imagination Playground Blocks in 15 different shapes
- 15 foam noodles
- 1 noodle barrel
- 4 milk crates
- 15 play balls
- 8 floor mats
- Assorted fabric pieces
- 1 wooden cart
- 1 set of wall graphics
- Training + Orientation
- 1 user’s manual
Online Play Associates training session - Contact
- By phone: 866.986.5551
By email: info@imaginationplayground.com
