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 ...
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 ...
In the nine decades since Winnetka inventor Sebastian Hinton created what some say is the nation’s first jungle gym, the humble climbing apparatus has survived everything from the Great Depression and ...