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Joan MacKeith, Rockwell Group 212.463.0334 / Rachel Carr, Dan Klores Communications 212.685.4300Imagination Playground in the News
The Wall Street Journal, September 30 - October 2, 2011
Wearing a Philanthropic Heart on Their Designs
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New York Times In Transit Blog, September 23, 2011
Amy Rose Dobson, “A Portable Playground Moves to London”
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Icon, August 2011
George Pendle, “Object Lesson”
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The Aspen Idea, Winter 2010/2011
Features
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Time Out New York Kids, November, 2010
“Best Non-Beach Spot to Get Sand in your Shoes”
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Landscape Architecture, November, 2010
Daniel Jost, “New York Loosens Up”
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Icon, October, 2010
Johanna Agerman Ross, “A Playground”
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The New York Times, September 26, 2010
David Rockwell, “Op-Chart: Unpacking Imagination”
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Design Week, September 9, 2010
Dominic Lutyens, “Playing Fare”
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CNN, September 2, 2010
Jessica Yellin, “Build-It-Yourself Playground Helps Kids Imagine”
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Interior Design, September, 2010
Nicholas Tamarin, “Centerfold”
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WPIX Morning News with Lisa Matteo, August 17, 2010
Kids Let Their Imaginations Grow At The Imagination Playground!
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Time, August 9, 2010
Harriet Barovick, “Building a Better Playground”
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Time.com, August 9, 2010
“Building a Better Playground” Video
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Time Out New York Kids, August 2010
Tom Roston, “David Rockwell’s Innovative Play Spot Opens to New York Families”
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CBS, July 31, 2010
CBS Sunday Morning
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Wall Street Journal, July 29, 2010
Ralph Gardner, “Making Work of Child’s Play”
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NPR, July 27, 2010
Robert Smith, “All Things Considered: The New Economics of Fancy Playgrounds”
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NBC, July 27, 2010
NY Nightly News
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Fox 5 New York, July 27, 2010
Good Day New York
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The New York Times, July 26, 2010
Corey Kilgannon, “A Newfangled Sandbox Arrives (Check Out the Canals)”
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The Leonard Lopate Show, July 12th, 2010
The Way We Play: Modern Playground Design
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The New Yorker, July 5, 2010
Rebecca Mead, “State of Play: How Tot Lots Became Places to Build Children’s Brains”
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Parents, July, 2010
Susan Gregory Thomas, “Let them Play!”
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The New York Observer (Playground supplement), June, 2010
Wendy Straker Hauser, “The Future is Now”
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New York Magazine, May 31, 2010
The Best Bet
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New York Times Style Magazine, Winter 2009
Jill Singer, “Remix: King of the Playground”
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I.D., September/October 2009
Alissa Walker, “Recess, Rethought” / Jessie Ashlock, “Play as it Lays”
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Stanford Social Innovation Review, Fall 2009
Suzie Boss, “Putting More Fun Into Play”
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Fast Company, March, 2009
Tim McKeough, “David Rockwell’s Imagination Playground”
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Time, January 28th, 2009
Kathleen Kingsbury, “The New Playground: Bye, Jungle Gym”
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Good Magazine, September / October, 2008
Morgan Clendaniel, “Loose Parts Playgrounds”
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Wall Street Journal, August 5th, 2008
Dan Ackman, “The Architect-Designer Focuses on Child’s Play”
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NY1, August 4th, 2008
Where To Go: Imagination Playground In A Box
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4 NBC News, July 31st, 2008
Portable Playgrounds Developed For Kids
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Daily News, July 15th, 2008
Ayala Falk, “Imagination Playground Opens in Brownsville to Delight of Local Children”
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New York Times, July 14th, 2008
Javier C. Hernandez, “A Playground Where Creativity Can Run Wild”
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Thirteen/WNET, June 1st, 2008
Interview with David Rockwell
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CNBC, May 27th, 2008
Playgrounds Offer Imaginative Sponshorship Opportunity
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CBS, May 20th, 2008
CBS Sunday Morning Video
New York Times, May 4th, 2008
Diane Cardwell, “An Invitation to Child’s Play: Big Blocks and Wheelbarrows”
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Tribeca Trib, November 2nd, 2007
Andrea Appleton, “Partying for the New Playground at Burling Slip”
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Charlie Rose, May 24th, 2007
A conversation with David Rockwell
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Boston Globe, April 15th, 2007
Drake Bennett, “Back To The Playground”
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Weekly Reader, April 6th, 2007
New Parks Are on the Way!
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The New Yorker, January 29th, 2007
Daniel Radosh, “Comeback: Sand Men”
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New York Times, January 11th, 2007
Andy Newman, “New York City’s Future Playground Gets a Nod From Present-Day Players”
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ABC News, January 11th, 2007
Susan Donaldson James, “New-Age Playgrounds Rule, as Long as the Kids Are in Charge”
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New York Times, January 10th, 2007
Diane Cardwell, “New York Tries to Think Outside the Sandbox”
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Downtown Express, August 11–17, 2006
Janet Kwon, “City Looks to Fulton and Beyond in East Side Plan”
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Tribeca Trib, January 10th, 2007
Andrea Appleton, “A ‘Reinvented’ Playground for Seaport”
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