This story starts in the fourth dimension. Or, more specifically, with a British mathematician who, in the late 1800s, was intrigued by the fourth dimension and how to teach disinterested children ...
2023 marks 100 years since former Winnetka resident Sebastian Hinton patented his “climbing gym” for children, a playground staple that would later be known as the jungle gym. “Almost every child has ...
A beloved piece of playground equipment is turning 100 years old. The history of the jungle gym and monkey bars is full of weird and and delightful twists, spanning from Japan to suburban Chicago. A ...
A jungle gym in the 1970s — a staple of playgrounds all across the U.S. (H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock/Getty Images) This story starts in the fourth dimension. Or, more specifically, with a ...