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Imagination Playground at Burling Slip is a playground on John Street near the South Street Seaport in New York City along South Street. The playground was designed by David Rockwell of Rockwell Group. It opened to the public on July 28, 2010.^[1]

References

^ "Mayor Bloomberg and Architect David Rockwell Open Imagination Playground at Burling Slip". New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. July 28, 2010. Retrieved January 30, 2022.

External links

Official website

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[1] "Mayor Bloomberg and Architect David Rockwell Open Imagination Playground at Burling Slip". New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. July 28, 2010. Retrieved January 30, 2022.

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-'''Imagination Playground is home of the iconic Big Blue Blocks.''' The original set of [https://imaginationplayground.com/ Big Blue Blocks] was launched at Burling Slip near the [[South Street Seaport]] in [[New York City]] along [[South Street (Manhattan)|South Street]], and opened to the public on July 28, 2010.<ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=July 28, 2010 |title=Mayor Bloomberg and Architect David Rockwell Open Imagination Playground at Burling Slip |url=http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/imaginationplayground/dailyplant/22227 |access-date=January 30, 2022 |website=[[New York City Department of Parks and Recreation]]}}</ref>. The playground was designed by [[David Rockwell]] of Rockwell Group, who was inspired by watching his own children play with an empty box.
+'''Imagination Playground at Burling Slip''' is a playground on John Street near the [[South Street Seaport]] in [[New York City]] along [[South Street (Manhattan)|South Street]]. The playground was designed by [[David Rockwell]] of Rockwell Group. It opened to the public on July 28, 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/imaginationplayground/dailyplant/22227 |title=Mayor Bloomberg and Architect David Rockwell Open Imagination Playground at Burling Slip |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=July 28, 2010 |website=[[New York City Department of Parks and Recreation]] |access-date=January 30, 2022}}</ref>
-Currently owned by Jim Stallman, every Imagination Playground Block is handcrafted in Providence, Rhode Island. Over the past decade, Imagination Playground has grown to have a strong presence in the worldwide loose-part play community. As of 2022, the award-winning Blue Blocks are found in over sixty countries with millions of children learning daily through stacking, creating, and building with the life-size blocks.
-Today, Imagination Playground has grown and expanded their foam, loose-part play options to now offer smaller sets more suitable for residential homes or smaller spaces, as well as their new [https://shop.imaginationplayground.com/collections/loose-part-bones Loose-Part Bone Sets]. The Blue Blocks and Bones are all made of a proprietary, closed-cell foam that allows the parts to be lightweight, durable, and waterproof! This means they can be used on a variety of surfaces, ranging from sand to grass to water play activities.
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