Published In:
Ann Arbor News, September 20, 1965
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"Creative and imaginative" playground equipment, such as pictured above, will be used extensively by the city's Parks Department as it develops park playgrounds throughout the city. A department spokesman said such equipment is receiving "extensive use" by children in the area of the playgrounds. The playground at the top is in the North Campus Heights Subdivision and features a circus theme, while a western motif is being used at Veterans Memorial Park (middle photograph). The bottom photo shows a playground at Virginia Park which employs both the "new" and conventional equipment. The play areas at North Campus Heights and Veterans Memorial parks are filled with sand, while the area at Virginia Park is filled with wood chips and shavings. Lettering on the "stagecoach" at Vets Park reads "Ann Arbor Stage Line." The Parks Department noted that art work and paintings on the circus wagons at the top were done for the city by Mrs. Dorwin Cartwright.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, July 29, 1959
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STONE-PICKING BEE: Hopeful their efforts would lead to better playing conditions for 1960, many members of the 13-Year League gathered at the new 75-foot diamond at Veterans Park yesterday for a stone-picking bee designed to get the top layer of pebbles off a field which has promise but needs considerable careful attention. There was some talk, too, of trying to pick up the third-base corner of the father-tilted diamond which isn't exactly square to the world. Other players discussed the possibility of uprooting the brand-new backstop, which now stands less than 15 feet from home plate, and replanting it far enough back to serve its purpose and yet allow catchers and umpires room to maneuver. Whether or not the other things receive attention, those on hand made sure there will be a few thousand fewer stones to worry about until the next crop works its way to the surface.