What goes up, cant come down.

There are many things that have gone up after 1950. When you look around, you can see a shopping center, a library, a bowling alley, but nothing really shows how this neighborhood is changing. The school went up a little before 1950, so I cant use that, but I found something even better than the school. I decided to showcase the playground behind my house. The playground went up when I first moved into the neighborhood and is available to all. It has changed over the years to fit the people in the neighborhood, but it has stayed relatively the same.

The reason I chose the playground is because it shows how the neighborhood is turning into a more child friendly place. Before it was full of people who just worked and slept, most people who live here had houses in Long Island and they just used their apartments for days when they worked longer hours than usual. Now this area is a haven for many struggling couples who have children and cant afford to have a nice house, or cant afford the cost of living any where else.

The playground is full of vibrant colors, slides and swings, and a play structure on which children can play in tubes, slide down the slide of their choice, and if they are daring they can climb on top of the structure and play up there. There is also a mini rock-climbing wall. This rock wall went up less than two years ago and seems to be like the biggest attraction to the park. Yong boys try to showcase their strength on it, and try there best to show off to their frantic parents, the other boys and the occasional little girl playing.

The playground is a large portion of life in my neighborhood, children rarely like to be home, and the park is also home to community events, like the “back to school BBQ”, fix our park day, and late night summer hang outs. There is a sign outside of the park which says that the park closes at nine, but everyone knows that there is no such thing as the park police.