Rocket Slides and Monkey Bars: Chasing the Vanishing Playgrounds of Our Youth

(via Collector’s Weekly) For children, playgrounds are where magic happens. And if you count yourself among Baby Boomers or Gen Xers, you probably have fond memories of high steel jungle gyms and even higher metal slides that squeaked and groaned as you slid down them. Today, these objects of happy summers past have nearly disappeared, replaced by newer equipment that’s lower to the ground and made of plastic, painted metal, and sometimes rot-resistant woods. Brenda Biondo, a freelance journalist turned photographer, felt inspired to document these playscapes before they’ve all been melted down.