By Joe Byrnes
Ocala (Fla.) Star-Banner
June 11, 2008

Ocala's decision to raze All Children's Playground came as a shock to me because I was used to seeing it during walks at Tuscawilla Park.

Often I'd see kids climbing in its towers and walks, always, it seemed, under the watchful eye of an adult.

I don't doubt the demolition was necessary. Ocala Public Works Director John Zobler said that - after 18 years - the elaborate wooden playground had become unsafe. The supports had rotted and, sooner or later, a child was going to fall or get hurt by a collapsing piece of the structure.

It disappeared quickly and with little advance notice, almost as if the community could care less. [More]

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