In San Juan Hill (where Lincoln Center is located in the Upper West Side today), Black women persuaded the white-led Henry Street Settlement to establish an outpost and converted the backyard of their settlement house into a playground equipped with a swing and seesaw for local children, as shown in the image that opens this post. This post is the final installment of a three-part series about the history of playgrounds.Īfrican American reformers responded to the dearth of public recreation space in Black neighborhoods by setting up their own backyard playgrounds. We hope this series provides an opportunity to reflect on how young people have changed the urban fabric of New York City and encourages students to see their rights to the city and its public spaces. Finally, this post analyzes segregation and racial inequities in spaces of recreation. Part 2 explores how children helped to found the first municipal playground in New York City and how playground supervisors and children clashed over these early spaces. Part 1 considers how playground organizers sought to regulate children’s behavior by moving play from the street to playgrounds. This three-part series highlights photographs and newspaper articles on early playgrounds from collections at the Library. On our For Teachers blog channel, the Curriculum Development team spotlights primary sources from the Library’s collections and draws connections to the classroom. The New York Public Library’s Center for Educators and Schools provides curricular materials you can easily integrate into your teaching in addition to other tools and programs.
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