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Shane's Inspiration454
in Los Angeles, CA 90027about Shane's Inspiration:
One of seven playgrounds in Griffith Park, Shane's Inspiration is the newest, on Griffith Park Drive, near the Park Center picnic area.
The playground is named after Shane Williams, who died in 1998, two weeks after being born severely disabled. In his memory, his parents created a playground for children in wheelchairs, and with other disabilities. Known as a boundless playground, the intention is to make the structures safe, accessible, and enjoyable for all kinds of children, and it succeeds; this is a great playground!
You'll find huge, armchair swings for mothers cradling babies, slides, tunnels, bridges, a miniature 'driving area' - complete with stop signs and lane lines - for bikes and scooters, sand boxes, boat, plane and train shapes for pretend driving, rocketship shapes for pretend blasting-off, dinosaur and castle shapes for just pretending, and tire swings. And all of it is on a thick, rubberized surface to protect knees, elbows, and heads.
Plenty of new bathrooms have just been built, too.
The playground is named after Shane Williams, who died in 1998, two weeks after being born severely disabled. In his memory, his parents created a playground for children in wheelchairs, and with other disabilities. Known as a boundless playground, the intention is to make the structures safe, accessible, and enjoyable for all kinds of children, and it succeeds; this is a great playground!
You'll find huge, armchair swings for mothers cradling babies, slides, tunnels, bridges, a miniature 'driving area' - complete with stop signs and lane lines - for bikes and scooters, sand boxes, boat, plane and train shapes for pretend driving, rocketship shapes for pretend blasting-off, dinosaur and castle shapes for just pretending, and tire swings. And all of it is on a thick, rubberized surface to protect knees, elbows, and heads.
Plenty of new bathrooms have just been built, too.
tips:
Follow the signs within Griffith Park to the Merry-Go-Round. The colorful equipment of Shane's Inspiration will draw you to the play area. Note that the map above does not have accurate details within the park.
getting there:
Griffith Park's main entrance is at Riverside Drive and Los Feliz Boulevard; take the Los Feliz Blvd. exit off the 5 Freeway, head west, and turn left on to Griffith Park Drive. Follow signs to the Merry-Go-Round which shares a parking lot with the playground.
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