Safari Playground
West 91 Street & Central Park West, Manhattan, New York 10025Safari Playground website >
HOURS: Open daily 8am till dusk
NEIGHBORHOOD: Upper West Side
CATEGORIES: Playgrounds
DESCRIPTION
The Safari playground in Central Park features naturalistic hippopotamus sculptures by the artist Bob Cassily, set in a “river” of blue safety surfacing. A canoe and water-spray features further animate this safari-inspired scene, and there are two treehouses and two picnic tables.
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