As the air quality worsened this week, restaurants stopped seating diners at sidewalk tables; playgrounds emptied out.
But then Mayor Joe Carchio wanted staff to place park amenities at Triangle, like a picnic table and playground for kids.
With three picnic tables, Safari Playground is nearly a perfect spot for lunch.
There are picnic tables, a playground and signs warning park-goers to watch out for children – and snakes.
Picnic tables and playground equipment moved from the closed Maplewood Complex were added to Hasbrouck to increase availability of equipment for outdoor recreation.
Both sprawling and cozy — with shaded outdoor tables, a playground and nooks next to the fireplace for cooler days — it offers excellent food.
C.C.A.-treated wood, a $4 billion industry, is a popular choice for decks, picnic tables and playground sets that must stand up to warm, wet weather.
Case Park includes hiking trails, large grass fields, picnic tables, a playground and even a butterfly/hummingbird garden.
It's not far from the riverbank to the picnic tables and playgrounds, but the wild brush here, as in many parts of sun-baked south Texas, holds hazards: snakes, spiders, mosquitos and more.
Should it have chess tables or playgrounds?
