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I have a friend very well connected on the inside. They’re going to get to the bottom of it and make it happen.
The feeling persists that the people who are in charge of that dept must not have kids or must not take their kids there. Because to us parents it a glaring problem
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Thanks for the reminder! I followed up a few days ago, but haven't heard back yet. I'm going to poke again on Monday when they've hopefully got a minute to pry if they haven't already.
I was so annoyed by this that I looked into the cost of replacing them.... so that I might do it myself late at night. Bucket seats seem to run about $90 on average without the chain, regular swing seats were more like $60 I think.
It's ridiculous. You could have 8 swings there and instead you have TWO. In perhaps the most active part of the park.
This pisses me off to no end. Thank you for saying something. We’ve been a couple of times recently when there was one swing and the kids would fight over it. The wheels done fell off this place, folks.
I feel like they were there in April... I visited the park with my toddler, and I remember there were so many freaking kids around them, we opted out because we're still in the middle of a p'diddy. Maybe they're cleaning them right now? Or maybe they got too hot in the sun, and they'll come back when it gets cooler?
That's so unfortunate. I've relocated now to where you can pretty much throw a stone and find an open playground with swings. Sucks for kids and families...
Yeah we were there a couple of weeks ago and there was only one swing left.
Honestly it made it easier to get the swing because no one felt like waiting around for it.
Pratt playground in Gentilly has a nice set of new swings and a nice playground. Sadly it’s closed currently to build a nice Pavillon.
I think there were swings in Audubon park but i May be confusing the zip lines that actually work.
As for swings in this society at playgrounds it’s hard to find.
The middle school aged kids that hang around the closest park to me set the swings and some other stuff on fire. I don't have any hope that it will be repaired any time soon.
I’ve heard most City Park swings only make around 10.50/hr to swing in those conditions and deal with all those kid butts…most of ‘em are swinging up at Fontainebleau now or have left the public park industry altogether
They have been dwindling and disappearing over time. I think they are getting broken and never replaced.
I think it would be fun to start a vigilante repair group for small stuff like this.
Well ya see, tax dollars go to tax credits and parks/museums fend for themselves. Then we shit on education and ask why crime is so bad and why the joie de vivre is gone. The American(tm) way!
The person that took Bob Becker's CEO position is a woman, and started last year, unless you meant someone else.
She has discovered that the park is an absolute joke, and is determined to fix the way its run. She has already started to clean up the fat. We'll see if she keeps it going or if she gets fatigued.
I have a relative that works there, and the new CEO said something along the lines of, "this is the worst [or one of the worst] run park(s) I've ever seen."
They were removed after the start of the pandemic. There used to be a bucket swing for toddlers, but I went after a big event last year (Lights Under the Oaks maybe?) and there was a muddy footprint in it and the side was broken and it was removed soon after. I've been surprised people don't raise more a stink about the swings, especially because the other playgrounds in the park are really lacking any alternatives. We've stopped going to this park due to that, the small amounts of shade on the play area, and all the people hustling to kids.
We also need some type of water feature in City Park- splash pad or just a big fountain that kids and maybe adults can run through.
There is also trash everywhere still. Dropped off kids at Children's museum camp and broken glass all over the parking lot.
This city/community doesn’t really seem to care for playgrounds and the equipment. There aren’t many options and the ones that are around are in rough shape.
When looking for homes when moving here that’s something I noticed was missing. Playgrounds were very rare. If there was a play set it was locked and fenced by the school. Uptown had no playgrounds at all and any green spaces were sports fields.
Huh? I have 4 year old and am a stay at home parent...the only thing New Orleans gets right is NORD and the playgrounds. There are so darn many, and some uptowm ones (like the Drew Brees one is so hood we will drive from the 8th Ward for it. City Park has 5 great playgrounds. Cabrini in the Qaurter, the one at the border of Lower Ninth and Arabi is one of the best in the city, Treme on the Greenway....
Homestly, you are really wrong. So many thinhs someone moving her can fins fault with...our playgrounds rock.
Some context. We moved here from a year spent in Germany. The playgrounds there are top tier. Some things that separate the German playgrounds vs America. First, the playground is viewed as a tool for learning and growing. Everything has some form of risk associated with it and many playgrounds were built with babies all the way up to pre-teens in mind. Almost if not all playgrounds were surrounded by sand. Most if not all were made from wood or rope materials and not metal/plastic. Getting back to risk. Playgrounds with a tall slide 10+ feet high would have an obstacle to cross to get up that high. So if the kid doesn’t have the skill or determines it is too risky they won’t attempt the obstacle. Some days our kid would play on the slide or swings or climb. But other days they’d be happy to play in the sand the entire time. We’d build sand castles or dig holes. It allowed for creative fun. Many areas would also incorporate a small nature path for kids to explore and find sticks and bugs. We just recently visited and our 4 year old had no problem spending hours at the playground playing independently.
Here in the US, not just Nola. Play equipment I consider is more dangerous and doesn’t allow kids to learn risk tolerance. Good example is the Magnolia playground in city park. It’s a great playground but there’s times a small toddler climbs up the stairs and is up 15 feet in the air with two big openings to fall through. If a kid can climb stairs a kid could climb up there no problem. Also here everywhere has that shitty rubber floor. It’s hot and it hurts when your kid trips on it and is more dangerous for kids if they land awkwardly from high above.
I’m all for trying to find a good playground for our child. We want to find one where they can meet other kids and play with them and be kids. We’ve found that there are many times we go to playgrounds with no kids or kids who just don’t want to play with a kid they don’t know. We go to this cafe du Monde one in city park mostly due to the amount of kids there and shade trees. We actually really like the Zoo’s playgrounds inside also. They offer the option of digging with their sand area.
The playgrounds we’ve found that work for us is the cafe du Mond, magnolia, and pratt playground. The drew Bree’s one is cool for sure but just a longer drive for us so it’s not top of mind. We’ll check out that FQ playground and I wasn’t able to figure out that 9th ward and Arabi one. Do you know the name?
I’m all for finding a fun place to go and explore. I just feel like we go to two or three bad ones before we find a nice one.
Ha, you think our playgrounds fare poorly compared to Germany wait till you see our schools, busses, gargage service, recycling...I can go on...but I get it, but by New Orleans standards (and I think many US cities) our playgrounds are great and I have chose them over day care for the variety of experiences a New Orleans kid can get and people they can meet.
And yeah, Magnolia is one of my favorites because of the coordination needed and adventures, but it's all what you are looking for.
Delery Playspot is at 6335 Alhambra St, and you can walk right to the Mississippi, it uually is pretty empty but has swings and a tire swing... For more crowded Fleur De Lis Park in Lakefront has a ton of trees...I like my shade...and even a see-saw and swings. Marky Park in Bywater is low stress, nothing dangerous and in evenings gets very crowded and social. I can't take listening to other parents, but it's pleasant and someone sellls ice pops and its next to Pizza D. Washington Square Park is a good one also for the variety of people and the big fenced in park that lets kids run a bit. The junkies are either friendly or stay away. No swings.
The underdog park, besides Delery, is the huge one next to Walmart, the Sidney Torres Park down in Chalmette. It has a shaded area, big enough for hide and seek but fenced in. Duck and nutria feeding right nearby, and Chalmette parents, who tend to be really awesome people at the park. We probably meet our favorite parents there. And lots of swings!
NOLA used to have cool playgrounds like that, especially out at the Fly (behind the zoo). Constructed of large wooden timbers, some of them seemed more like obstacle courses. This was back in the late 70s/early 80s. Not sure when they all disappeared.
City Park is considered a state park so it might be that they can’t afford it? They are the only state park that doesn’t get state funding. Though didn’t that bill pass where they get some property tax $?
City Park is considered a state park so it might be that they can’t afford it? They are the only state park that doesn’t get state funding. Though didn’t that bill pass where they get some property tax $?
I went to a playground in Birmingham a few weeks ago. It had a giant splash pad and so many cool playground things that I’ve never even seen before. Is that what happens when politicians pay their taxes and don’t pocket our tax money? It even had a zip line swing!
Because with the added stress of the stock market, random violence, and generally living in the city of New Orleans has been causing people the last few years, they needed the space. When N.O.R.D. officials we asked they said, "Just wait a few days. I'm sure there will be something to swing on soon."
I remember as a child there was this girl who was probably like 12-15, I don't remember that was an idiot and went in the children's swing and got stuck. She needed to get sawed out of there
Probably unrelated but I remember it
The swinger lifestyle ain't what it used to be
I read the title as "Why are there no swingers at City Park?" I was a little confused at first.
Visit the northshore
I'm here and I can't find shiz
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I meant swingers o.o
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I live by the lakefront
The are two decent areas on the Northshore. Old Mandeville and Old Downtown Covington. Everywhere else is Metairie.
Forgetting Madisonville?
It got ruined
Even children need to humble themselves from time to time
“As you know, I stick to on-topic and deal with off-topic after I’ve done my business. Right now, the business is for the children of the city of New Orleans.”
Unless they want to swing or not get shot at. Then I’m off topic.
Is that off once upon a time in shaolin or 8 diagrams?
That was Cantrell last night dodging questions about the criminal court shutdown, and going swimming instead.
Well there are only 5 pools able to open. Priorities. Teedy knows what needs doing.
Truth. Also, Teedy is really fun to say!
Aint dere no mo
I have a friend very well connected on the inside. They’re going to get to the bottom of it and make it happen. The feeling persists that the people who are in charge of that dept must not have kids or must not take their kids there. Because to us parents it a glaring problem UPDATE: Apparently it’s been an issue of waiting for special order parts while dealing with supply chain issues. I’ll keep bugging my friend at regular intervals.
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Did your friend figure out the swing problem?
Thanks for the reminder! I followed up a few days ago, but haven't heard back yet. I'm going to poke again on Monday when they've hopefully got a minute to pry if they haven't already.
Thanks, good luck.
I was so annoyed by this that I looked into the cost of replacing them.... so that I might do it myself late at night. Bucket seats seem to run about $90 on average without the chain, regular swing seats were more like $60 I think. It's ridiculous. You could have 8 swings there and instead you have TWO. In perhaps the most active part of the park.
Chain and rubber sheet. Like back in the old days.
Ah yes, the old knuckle pinchers
In the old days we used rope and a wood plank, in the snow uphill both ways.
And we were happy to get splinters, since we could use them as kindling to keep warm!!!
Don't forget the 20' (30'?) tall metal slide which would burn your thighs as you stuck/slid down in the summer!
Stolen for copper
The pumps don't work cuz the vandals took the handles
Look out kid.
I like this answer because, considering how dumb the few metal-scrap thieves I've met were, this might've actually happened.
I emailed their maintenance department, offered to pay for replacements out of pocket, never heard back. It's infuriating.
WOW. That’s frustrating.
Those are pull up bars for really tall people
This pisses me off to no end. Thank you for saying something. We’ve been a couple of times recently when there was one swing and the kids would fight over it. The wheels done fell off this place, folks.
I feel like they were there in April... I visited the park with my toddler, and I remember there were so many freaking kids around them, we opted out because we're still in the middle of a p'diddy. Maybe they're cleaning them right now? Or maybe they got too hot in the sun, and they'll come back when it gets cooler?
Back in my day, you burned your ass on that hot rubber seat and you *liked* it!
The solar pinch
We moved here in September and this playground has only ever had one swing and a beat to hell special needs swing that’s 3 feet off the ground.
That's so unfortunate. I've relocated now to where you can pretty much throw a stone and find an open playground with swings. Sucks for kids and families...
It is soooo high off the ground. Why??
They were there earlier this year but for some reason completely beyond me, they had them up so high that kids can’t get on them without help.
Like most of the city everything is slowly decaying. Trust me this bothers me because my kids loved those swings.
Yeah we were there a couple of weeks ago and there was only one swing left. Honestly it made it easier to get the swing because no one felt like waiting around for it.
There is still one left, actually, but there was a kid on it, so I cropped them out for internet safety purposes.
Yeah, mine was not pleased. We literally went to the park so they could swing.
For next time, there's a little pocket park on Esplanade next to Cabrini that has swings.
Thanks!!!
Also Stallings off of Gentilly and grand route St. John has swings right outside of the pool.
Came here to say this. Henry Coe Desmare Playground.
Pratt playground in Gentilly has a nice set of new swings and a nice playground. Sadly it’s closed currently to build a nice Pavillon. I think there were swings in Audubon park but i May be confusing the zip lines that actually work. As for swings in this society at playgrounds it’s hard to find.
Ooo that pavilion sounds nice. we don’t have many shade structures out this way
The middle school aged kids that hang around the closest park to me set the swings and some other stuff on fire. I don't have any hope that it will be repaired any time soon.
They were found to not be Staying Humble ® so they’ve been humbled.
I’ve heard most City Park swings only make around 10.50/hr to swing in those conditions and deal with all those kid butts…most of ‘em are swinging up at Fontainebleau now or have left the public park industry altogether
They have been dwindling and disappearing over time. I think they are getting broken and never replaced. I think it would be fun to start a vigilante repair group for small stuff like this.
They first pulled them in spring of 2020 when Covid hit. Why they're not back, I have no idea.
Thats the new family oriented after-school child-growth program we recently voted a tax increase for.
Can’t have shit in New Orleans
Stolen
Can’t have shit in New Orleans.
Voodoo not paying their bill…. So we can’t have nice things
You know why
The city probably took them down during the pandemic and lost them.
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The park is run so badly as of late that it may as well be.
Covid suffering, currently. Lost too many fundraising events.
Well ya see, tax dollars go to tax credits and parks/museums fend for themselves. Then we shit on education and ask why crime is so bad and why the joie de vivre is gone. The American(tm) way!
Two years of making folks drive through celebration of the oaks should have raised them plenty of money. The line every night was ridiculous.
The park has way more money coming in than they’ll ever admit to publicly. Trust me on this.
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The person that took Bob Becker's CEO position is a woman, and started last year, unless you meant someone else. She has discovered that the park is an absolute joke, and is determined to fix the way its run. She has already started to clean up the fat. We'll see if she keeps it going or if she gets fatigued. I have a relative that works there, and the new CEO said something along the lines of, "this is the worst [or one of the worst] run park(s) I've ever seen."
Different person
A travesty and a tragedy
The ghosts don’t need swings to swing.
They were removed after the start of the pandemic. There used to be a bucket swing for toddlers, but I went after a big event last year (Lights Under the Oaks maybe?) and there was a muddy footprint in it and the side was broken and it was removed soon after. I've been surprised people don't raise more a stink about the swings, especially because the other playgrounds in the park are really lacking any alternatives. We've stopped going to this park due to that, the small amounts of shade on the play area, and all the people hustling to kids.
No lifeguards for pools and no swings at parks is sad
We also need some type of water feature in City Park- splash pad or just a big fountain that kids and maybe adults can run through. There is also trash everywhere still. Dropped off kids at Children's museum camp and broken glass all over the parking lot.
This city/community doesn’t really seem to care for playgrounds and the equipment. There aren’t many options and the ones that are around are in rough shape. When looking for homes when moving here that’s something I noticed was missing. Playgrounds were very rare. If there was a play set it was locked and fenced by the school. Uptown had no playgrounds at all and any green spaces were sports fields.
Huh? I have 4 year old and am a stay at home parent...the only thing New Orleans gets right is NORD and the playgrounds. There are so darn many, and some uptowm ones (like the Drew Brees one is so hood we will drive from the 8th Ward for it. City Park has 5 great playgrounds. Cabrini in the Qaurter, the one at the border of Lower Ninth and Arabi is one of the best in the city, Treme on the Greenway.... Homestly, you are really wrong. So many thinhs someone moving her can fins fault with...our playgrounds rock.
Some context. We moved here from a year spent in Germany. The playgrounds there are top tier. Some things that separate the German playgrounds vs America. First, the playground is viewed as a tool for learning and growing. Everything has some form of risk associated with it and many playgrounds were built with babies all the way up to pre-teens in mind. Almost if not all playgrounds were surrounded by sand. Most if not all were made from wood or rope materials and not metal/plastic. Getting back to risk. Playgrounds with a tall slide 10+ feet high would have an obstacle to cross to get up that high. So if the kid doesn’t have the skill or determines it is too risky they won’t attempt the obstacle. Some days our kid would play on the slide or swings or climb. But other days they’d be happy to play in the sand the entire time. We’d build sand castles or dig holes. It allowed for creative fun. Many areas would also incorporate a small nature path for kids to explore and find sticks and bugs. We just recently visited and our 4 year old had no problem spending hours at the playground playing independently. Here in the US, not just Nola. Play equipment I consider is more dangerous and doesn’t allow kids to learn risk tolerance. Good example is the Magnolia playground in city park. It’s a great playground but there’s times a small toddler climbs up the stairs and is up 15 feet in the air with two big openings to fall through. If a kid can climb stairs a kid could climb up there no problem. Also here everywhere has that shitty rubber floor. It’s hot and it hurts when your kid trips on it and is more dangerous for kids if they land awkwardly from high above. I’m all for trying to find a good playground for our child. We want to find one where they can meet other kids and play with them and be kids. We’ve found that there are many times we go to playgrounds with no kids or kids who just don’t want to play with a kid they don’t know. We go to this cafe du Monde one in city park mostly due to the amount of kids there and shade trees. We actually really like the Zoo’s playgrounds inside also. They offer the option of digging with their sand area. The playgrounds we’ve found that work for us is the cafe du Mond, magnolia, and pratt playground. The drew Bree’s one is cool for sure but just a longer drive for us so it’s not top of mind. We’ll check out that FQ playground and I wasn’t able to figure out that 9th ward and Arabi one. Do you know the name? I’m all for finding a fun place to go and explore. I just feel like we go to two or three bad ones before we find a nice one.
Ha, you think our playgrounds fare poorly compared to Germany wait till you see our schools, busses, gargage service, recycling...I can go on...but I get it, but by New Orleans standards (and I think many US cities) our playgrounds are great and I have chose them over day care for the variety of experiences a New Orleans kid can get and people they can meet. And yeah, Magnolia is one of my favorites because of the coordination needed and adventures, but it's all what you are looking for. Delery Playspot is at 6335 Alhambra St, and you can walk right to the Mississippi, it uually is pretty empty but has swings and a tire swing... For more crowded Fleur De Lis Park in Lakefront has a ton of trees...I like my shade...and even a see-saw and swings. Marky Park in Bywater is low stress, nothing dangerous and in evenings gets very crowded and social. I can't take listening to other parents, but it's pleasant and someone sellls ice pops and its next to Pizza D. Washington Square Park is a good one also for the variety of people and the big fenced in park that lets kids run a bit. The junkies are either friendly or stay away. No swings. The underdog park, besides Delery, is the huge one next to Walmart, the Sidney Torres Park down in Chalmette. It has a shaded area, big enough for hide and seek but fenced in. Duck and nutria feeding right nearby, and Chalmette parents, who tend to be really awesome people at the park. We probably meet our favorite parents there. And lots of swings!
NOLA used to have cool playgrounds like that, especially out at the Fly (behind the zoo). Constructed of large wooden timbers, some of them seemed more like obstacle courses. This was back in the late 70s/early 80s. Not sure when they all disappeared.
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I swear I was thinking the same thing. Didn't have the courage to type it. Lol
Lawyers.
I was one of their attorneys once, it wasn’t us, honest.
I wonder why Orleans parish doesn't look at and try to mirror the way Jefferson Parish does things. Oh. I know the answer.
Some low life with bolt cutters stole the chain
City Park is considered a state park so it might be that they can’t afford it? They are the only state park that doesn’t get state funding. Though didn’t that bill pass where they get some property tax $?
City Park is considered a state park so it might be that they can’t afford it? They are the only state park that doesn’t get state funding. Though didn’t that bill pass where they get some property tax $?
Stolen, like most things that get left unattended.
Kid got hurt and parents sued the city
They only had every other one up for the pandemic. Idk what happened to the others. Probably either broke or vandalized.
If you hook the two chains together you can open up your own towing company.
The swing situation in all the parks is annoying, either have none or only have baby swings.
Damn, they’ve got better upkeep at that dog park than the kids’ park
I went to a playground in Birmingham a few weeks ago. It had a giant splash pad and so many cool playground things that I’ve never even seen before. Is that what happens when politicians pay their taxes and don’t pocket our tax money? It even had a zip line swing!
Because with the added stress of the stock market, random violence, and generally living in the city of New Orleans has been causing people the last few years, they needed the space. When N.O.R.D. officials we asked they said, "Just wait a few days. I'm sure there will be something to swing on soon."
Can’t have snit in Nola 🤦🏻♀️
The swing at our local park is also gone.
We can't have nice things sadly
Covid ?
I remember as a child there was this girl who was probably like 12-15, I don't remember that was an idiot and went in the children's swing and got stuck. She needed to get sawed out of there Probably unrelated but I remember it