Beer Bottles

People drinking at night leave empty beer bottles everywhere...

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New Playground

A few weeks ago a new playground appeared on the worn grass of “Piazza della Vittoria”.

It looks less space age and more practical than the futuristic playground of “Villa Fabbricotti”.

I have yet to see some kids around it, but I probably pass by at the wrong hours of the day.

(Pictures taken last November)

See also: Dangerous Playground

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Evos

This thing is called Evos and it is a “playstructure” made by Landscape Structures of Delano, Minnesota. It had a rough start when it was installed in “Villa Fabbricotti” a couple of years ago, but is seems that everything is fine now.

See also: Dangerous Playground - Villa Fabbricotti

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Dangerous Playground

Days before the last local elections in June, a mint new playground structure was set up in “Villa Fabbricotti”, probably the nicest park in town. The set looks modern and smartly designed, but its slide looks dangerously flat: this is because you have to go down astride instead of sitting. As a matter of fact, in the last week two kids fell to the ground, one breaking his arm the other also needing treatment in hospital.As the local papers say this thing costs 85.000 euro (120,000 US Dollars) and is built by a firm called Landscape Structures of Delano, Minnesota. The importer has already sold similar products in Italy but, if we check its gallery, we can see that all of these are equipped with traditional slides.Landscape Structures has an impressive catalogue online showing dozens of sets, but only few use the flat slide, so this seems to be a deliberate choice of the local customer. The whole structure is placed, as usual in our parks, far from any tree or shadow, making its use during hot summer months at least problematic: everything is scorching to the touch.

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