The Rebirth of Playground Fantastico
Artist rendition of new Playground Fantastico play structure.
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In Napa, California, next to our very own Harvest Middle School lies a park used by countless kids. That park is named Playground Fantastico.
This playground has been in Napa since 2002 and was built by “thousands of people children and adults working side by side over six days in the style of an old-fashioned barn-raising” (Gordon Huether), and had public art inside the park area.
Unfortunately, the original park play structures were demolished in late 2018.
The original Playground Fantastico castle was made of wood and was built in 2002.
Over the years, the wooden playground began to deteriorate a bit due to weather, use, and just naturally wearing down. However, rebuilding has finally begun on the beloved park.
From what we can see, the mosaic, lizard, rockets, and fish are still intact. However, unlike the old play structure, the new one appears to be, from what we can see, mostly metal.
As of now, this is all we have on Playground Fantastico.
park looks better
what will they do next in play ground fantastic
I like how it explains how the park was created and how they had started rebuilding it again.
i do not like the new play ground fantactco because it ugly. I loved the old fantactico.
my question is why did they had to change the park. one think i liked is the new slides there having.
I have a question what is the main reason for changing the structures integral format base from wood to metal? Also nice article.
I like the idea that they don’t want anyone hurt so they want to buil a new park that is more modern, but I still loved the original park for its uniqueness and old-timey feeling.
it looks better but i liked the old one
its good how the park is being remade after years.
Why did the workers remove all the sand?
The slide on the new park looks like a lot of fun.
I learned about when the park started in 2002.
I liked the old park better but the new one looks pretty cool
I like the new playground fantastico . In my opinion it is better.
what i liked about it is the new slide, my question is why are they making a new park.
I hope the park will still be fun and a surprise of what it looks like.
The new park looks so cool already! Im excited to go on it and try all the new things. I like how it looks more cleaner and modern
I like the story and how it is short and simple but yet has a lot of detail. I also believe that the pictures make the story twice as good and they add more information and make reading it easier to understand.
I think it’s too new and the colors are a little wacky and abstract but I guess the old playground Fantastico is OK.
I think its very cool how their remodeling it but im going miss the wooden playground.
I liked the old playground fantastico, but they pimped the new one out and it looks better with the colors.
I liked the old one better but the new one is more pimped out because of the colors.
It looks actually pretty cool i kinda like it.
The new park looks so much better
Great job on including true information, it is really cool to know the playground was built in 2002!
I am honestly happy to see the new park fantastico finally being built but i like the old one better.
The park the looks better but now that´s it has been torn down peoples memories that they made there are now gone
I like the fact that they are rebuilding the park and it will look much more better.
I think that the old one looked better but Im happy their rebuilding it and making it safer for kids.
I loved going to that park when I was younger, but I forgot where i t was until I came to Harvest. I’m glad they are rebuilding it.
I think this will help out little kids with getting less injures.
What I feel about the park is that it’s way smaller than the original one, and another thing I don´t like about the park is how its made mostly out of metal. I would prefer wood but overall the park is okay.
Only OG´s will remember playing hide and seek in the original park.
Well since its metal, time to get burnt when its 80 something degrees. But anyway great article I rate this a 10/10.
I really enjoy the new modern look of Parque Fantastico.
I like the old park better because it was memorys for me. I dont really like the kids park because its too cartoonish. I like the new slides they built though.
I like the old park better because it looked like it was for big kids and little kid but now it looks more for little kids.
What will happen to the big iguana?
When they tore the park down, and we saw the piles of wood lying on the sand and gravel where my childhood once stood, the very fibers of my being were ripped apart from the inside. A burning feeling that I could only describe as hellish overcame me, my stomach became a deep pit of sadness and longing for days gone. This, a blasphemous action of hate, and not only hatred for children, but hatred for pure happiness. Because of this hateful act, my heart hurts. It hurts so badly, it feels as if the flame of a thousand suns came down upon it, and set it ablaze. The new park looks cool though.