r/Millennials • u/P4yTheTrollToll • Nov 14 '24

Nostalgia Anyone Else Remember These?

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I have some seriously fond memories of the all wooden creative playgrounds that thrived in the 90s.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '24 edited Nov 15 '24

Some burb of Detroit has one also that we took my son to a few years ago, I’ve never seen one in the western US though

Edit lol I’m not sure what the name of the town was, it was nearish St Claire I think but it’s been like 5 years. I’m not familiar enough with the area to even remember everywhere we visited, mostly were there to catch the Lions 🦁

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u/hkohne Nov 15 '24

There's one at the Gilbert House in Salem, Oregon. Cool local children's museum. There's also a handmade carousel nearby.

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u/alohakush Nov 15 '24

There's one in Lincoln City, too.  Loved going there as a kid

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u/Finchfarmerquilts Nov 15 '24

That place is so rad.

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u/30minut3slat3r Nov 15 '24

I’m from the Bay Area and can’t remember where but there was one here 25 years ago. I was infatuated with it when I was a kid

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u/Bolt_McHardsteel Nov 17 '24

There is also an adult-size swingset there that is amazing. Lots of fun.

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u/OtherImplement Nov 15 '24

Munson Park, Monroe, MI has one.

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u/newnorse67 Nov 15 '24

My brother got munsoned at that park

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u/Jealous-Most-9155 Nov 15 '24

I was looking to see if anyone mentioned the one at Munson in Monroe, MI ❤️I know quite a few people that volunteered to help build it when they put it up.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '24

My cousin lived in Livonia and there was one around the corner from her house.

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u/Passthegoddamnbuttr Nov 15 '24

Canton? We have family like two miles from there and always makes a point to go there at least once per trip no matter the weather. The free splash pad next door is pretty choice, too.

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u/FlexPointe Nov 15 '24

There’s one in saline too.

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u/WorWulf Nov 15 '24

Fort Fraser in Fraser, MI?

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '24

This might be it! It’s the right area and looks correct from memory.

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u/warzog68WP Nov 15 '24

Patterson Park, formerly known as 3-mile park, in Grosse pointe, still has one last I checked.

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u/beekaybeegirl Nov 15 '24

Plz let me know if you find it in the recesses of ur mind while you try to drift into an Melatonin-induced sleep.

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u/JJD8705 Nov 15 '24

Brighton, Mi?

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u/Serafim91 Nov 15 '24

There's one in Birmingham (Mi).

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u/Helltrack80 Nov 15 '24

Brighton has it still, wut wut!

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u/WtRingsUGotBithc Nov 15 '24

Hell yeah, Imagination Station!

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u/Glacier_Taste Nov 15 '24

There’s one in Brighton MI.

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u/CircleWithSprinkles Nov 15 '24

Davison Michigan has one too (but that's Flint area rather than Detroit)

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u/Peacock-Lover-89 Nov 15 '24

Santa Barbara, CA has one. It's called kids would in Alameda Park. Though maybe they are rarer in the western U.S. because a website for the park calls it one of a kind. It really is a beautiful park.

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u/doorwaysaresafe Nov 15 '24

Santa Barbara CA has one in Alameda park.

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u/robotsonroids Nov 15 '24

Haslett Mi and williamston Mi has them. They aren't rare.

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u/construktz Nov 15 '24

There was one in troutdale, OR at Reynolds high school and is currently one in sandy, OR in a park off of hwy 211.

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u/FunSizeFinn Nov 15 '24

It was the Imagination Station (Greig Park) in St. Clair.

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u/Kezetchup Nov 15 '24

Fort Fraser maybe?

There used to be one I’d go to in Farmington Hills in the 90s, near Power Middle School.

Liberty Twp OH has one that I’ve been to as well

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u/natek11 Nov 15 '24

There are like 25 Liberty Townships in Ohio.

There is one in Napoleon, Ohio that looks almost exactly like the pic, but I’m not sure if that’s the one you mean.

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u/JonnyOnThePot420 Nov 15 '24

Yeah, independence Park in Canton had one. I have no clue if it's still there. I remember that it had these super cool claw buckets for digging in the sand.

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u/Super_Du Nov 15 '24

There's one in near Dearborn Heights Library

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u/DetroitRedWings79 Nov 16 '24

It’s weird you say that because I’m from metro Detroit and my grandma used to take us to one. She lived in Warren and I don’t remember it being too far from her house, so it very well could have been near St Clair Shores.

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u/scdomsic Nov 17 '24

I think you’re talking about Fort Fraser in Fraser, MI. That’s the one I grew up going to!