The playground is new and has a beautiful aesthetic,, however, parks and recreation needs to be…read moremore attentive to cleaning and enforcing rules of no smoking. Today my child picked up cigarette butts on the playground which was very dissapointing

Currie Commons Park is in the Osceola neighborhood on the south side Delray Beach in close…read moreproximity to downtown. The neighborhood has gotten a lot of improvements recently including upgraded streets, sidewalks, and alleys along with improvements to this park. Currie Commons Park was named in honor of George Graham Currie. There is a another park named for him in West Palm Beach. Currie was a native of Quebec. When he arrived in Florida he was penniless but he became a lawyer, made money, and then lost it all in real estate. He served as mayor of West Palm Beach from 1901 to 1902. He wrote 18 books of poems, essays, and music lyrics before passing away in 1926 shortly after this park was dedicated. One of the best features of Currie Commons Park is the recently replaced playground. The thirty three year old wood structure playground was compromised by years of use and weathering. It also had termite damage. Restoring it was not an option so it was disassembled. Funded by the Community Redevelopment Agency, a new multilevel playground was built and it is the first of its kind in South Florida. The four story playground has a giant twisting rainbow slide along with secret hidden instruments and butterfly surprises. During my visit you could tell how much the children were enjoying it. Other park amenities include a lighted little league field, multi-purpose field, press box, concessions, and restrooms. Whether you are coming for sports or play, the Currie Commons Park is a great recreational resource for those living in and visiting the Osceola neighborhood of Delray Beach.

While running some errands I was looking for a park to get some steps in and I found the lovely…read moresix acre Orchard View. It is sandwiched between Orchard View Elementary School and a Delray Fire Station. Orchard View Park was dedicated on September 2, 2000. The land for this park was formerly known as Blood's Hammock Groves. The city of Delray Beach purchased the land from the Blood Family in order to create the park. You can still see many of the orchard's original trees which provide shade for the park. Orchard Park has a lot of great amenities which include six picnic pavilions, barbecue grills, a recently renovated playground with swings, climbing structures, and slides, the walking trail I enjoyed, a drinking fountain, restrooms and a parking lot that will hold 25 cars. Located off of busy west Atlantic Avenue this park was a great find and is well worth a visit if you are in the area.

Another Delray Beach park upgraded with new playground equipment. Several age groups represented…read morefor small to big kids with two very tall slides. Bathrooms available along with several covered pavilions. There is a walking path around the park and a fire station nearby.

Looking for a picnic spot, I found it here with some shaded parking and tables under a pavilion…read more There was even a power outlet where I could plug in my laptop. The park was quiet an unoccupied on a weekday afternoon so now it's my outdoor office! The park has a playground, restrooms, fitness equipment, basketball and athletic fields including a lighted baseball field. It was clean of trash and very welcoming. The parking lot was large enough today. This was a very pleasant spot to spend two hours. [Review 427 of 2025 - 2072 in Florida - 23989 overall]

This review is specifically for the children's playground from the parent of a young child. There…read morealso soccer fields, tennis fields and racquetball courts which we did not try on this day. The children's playground is completely unfenced, which is less than ideal since it's right next to a parking lot which can get quite busy. The play equipment has some areas that feel like it is geared towards younger children, but then linked to tall drops with tight rope like climbing areas, which could be very fun for older children yet dangerous for the younger ones. There is a lack of seating around the playground border and only has some picnic tables under the pagoda, which is off to the side near the bathrooms. We did not use the bathrooms, but our friends did - they did not complain. The play equipment is in need of a clean- hopefully the city park Cleaning team can address this. There are baby swings, regular swings, and even a tandem mommy and me swing plus a swing which caters to Dissabilities. We loved this. Another great part of the park is the inground merry-go-round, which makes it much safer than the ones that are raised. This is close to some other areas that we visit so we might come again, but it's not our first choice for a day out. We would only choose it for convenience and closeness and a short visit.

This is a very large community park -- more than 20 acres. I've driven by many times, but never had…read morethe chance to stop and explore it until the other day. It's located on the south side of Lantana Road in Lake Worth. This is definitely for the young or young at heart -- especially the active person. There are so many varied sporting facilities included in this park. There are multipurpose fields for soccer/football -- some with scoreboards for community teams. There are volleyball and basketball courts. Two athletic young guys were playing one on one when we were there. For the really young there's a playground with equipment; restrooms, of course ; And: There's even a nearby pond for fishing. Then there is a gazebo, a picnic area, and also a pavilion. The covered pavilion holds about 100 people and can rented. Did I mention the very large parking lot for all the cars of visitors? Glad I stopped by...

Go there for the little league games for my grandchildren three of them play so plenty of games all…read morethe time nice park aesthetically perfect Nice place for a family day. Like old times

The splash pad is actually just a part of the larger Kintz Park. And kids would love it all. It's…read morenot a large park, but it packs a lot of activity items in it. First off, the park is in a residential section. To get to it from where we were, we had to go past a security guard and gate. Luckily, he just waved us in without having to explain our destination. I liked that the park had things for all ages so the very little kids wouldn't feel left out. For the big "kids", there's basketball courts, and tennis and pickleball courts. There's trees for shade plus benches and covered picnic tables, too. There a cute little lending library, swings for littles and one for smalls, slides, and a jungle gym (climbing structure). And in the back -- the splash pad. There's an on switch by the fence which activates a timer for the water. It sprays out of one area and turns and bubbles in another. The height of the water goes up and down, too. If only we'd worn our bathing suits! How lucky are the neighbors to have this lovely little park!

This beautiful little park is nestled in the residential community of Atlantis…read more It is green and very well maintained. Lots of benches, seats and tables throughout to rest in the shade or sun while the young ones romp in the splash pad.

This is a new playground between the Children's School House Museum and City Hall. It was called…read morethe Kids Kingdom because old playground had a castle structure that was built in 1996. It was a great playground and my daughter used to play on it when she was a child. Through the years the playground began to decay and it become dangerous with nails sticking out of the wood. When the old playground was demolished part of the castle structure was saved and moved to another playground. The new playground is part of the 16 acre Town Square project, a mixed use development that will include town hall, library, fire station, cultural venter, children's museum, amphitheater, green space, public art, and much more. The new playground was designed to make it easier for parents to keep an eye on their kids, something that was difficult in the old playground. The playground has climbing structures and slides. I especially love the large butterfly wings and grasses that are inspired by nature. The kids looked like they were having a blast today on the playground during the Pirate and Mermaid Festival. When they redid the park I'm glad they decided to save the large Kapok tree which provides much needed shade.

(I don't like writing negative reviews, but this constructive criticism below hopefully can help…read moreimprove this playground one day). I was so excited to check out this newly built playground, and I could not have been more disappointed. There is just no way this playground was planned with input from experts or parents :( One of the main problems is that this 1 playground is actually separated into 2 playgrounds, 1 for younger children and one for older children. This would be fine if they were adjacent, but they are not; in fact, one playground cannot be seen from the other! Instead they are separated by a sidewalk (not fenced in and completely open to the road,) and due to a tall building and a slight corner turn, there is no way to see one playground from the other playground and vice versa. Therefore, 1 parent or caretaker cannot separate different aged children and watch both at the same time. Thus, the little playground is empty - because there is nothing here for older kids to do, while the older kid playground is chock full of little children, who are stuck with their older siblings. Not only are the littles using playground equiptment that is too old for them, several spinning apparatus consistently knocked over the younger kids once the piece started spinning. Also, the little playground is a bigger space than the older kids playground, despite all the kids being on the bid kid playground. Parent seating: there is no place for parents inside the fenced playground. There are benches placed outside of the fence for the parents, which is a terrible terrible practice. Now kids are falling over crying and their parents are on a bench outside of the playground. Lack of gate signs: The entrances to the gate of the playground are unmarked. Not a single sign or indicator or where or how to open the playground gate doors. Thus, it is very difficult to get in if you are a parent sitting on an outside bench, because the entire gate looks the same. Lack of signage: there are no signs on the little playground that faces the adjacent playground that indicates: name of playground, what the hours of the playground are, etc. Nothing! considering that the playground fence is physically attached to the back of the Old School Museum building, it is very unclear that this is in fact a public playground open to anyone, instead of a privately owned playspace. Also, there are no signs at each individual playground sharing the info that the other playground is around the corner. More poor planning: inside the big kids playground is a fenced storage area. This is not for kids, but for some reason it is actually inside of their fenced in playground. This makes absolutely no sense. Presumable some non-kid-friendly items live inside here, perhaps a trash bin or tools or chemicals? It would be so so easy for bored kids to climb this fence and go inside, or for someone to leave the door cracked or unlocked. I have never ever seen such strange planning for adult equipment to be kept inside a play space for kids. This playground is across from city hall and adjacent to municipal buildings, yet the only place for this hazardous stuff is inside the playground? Poor equipment: this playground may have been only a year old and already there is rust marks on most of the climbing material, one of the 2 very popular spinning pieces are broken. Also, the equipment is just not that fun. Having so many individual play pieces causes frustration and competition amongst the kids, and it would have made more sense to have communal pieces. This has to be some of the worst and unimaginitive play pieces I've seen of any playgrounds ever. And, no swings. And more: Lots of empty space inside, with zero nature, no trees or anything and no shade at all either.

Bowman Park is a 4.7 acre neighborhood park in Greenacres. It is located off of Bowman and S…read moreHaverhill Roads. The park is open sunrise until 10 PM. I stopped by Bowman Park to enjoy a picnic lunch from nearby Totally Awesome Subs. The park was not overly crowded and I had my choice of several tables to choose from. it was a beautiful afternoon to enjoy a meal outside. Other Bowman Park amenities include two lighted basketball courts, a gazebo, playground, benches, and an exercise path that winds through the park along with some piece fitness equipment that uses your own body weight to tone muscle. The trees throughout the park provide beauty and welcome shade. There is also open area for unstructured play. Note that there no restroom facilities in the park. I found Bowman Park to be clean and well maintained. Whether you're looking to exercise, enjoy a picnic, watch the kids play, or simply relax outside, Bowman Park offers a welcoming space for all.

This City park is just under 5 acres in size and has a lot to offer. There's parking spaces right…read morealong side the entrance. The first thing I noticed was the large enclosed basketball courts -- 2 side by side. Opposite this is the children's playground area. There are benches to sit at, a walking/running path (trail?) as well as a guided work out area with set activities to accomplish. When we were there, a gentleman was just starting his 15(!) laps around the outside of the park, and a guy was waiting for his frisbee teammates to show up, a mom was supervising her kids play... This is an active park -- and a busy one -- especially on the weekends. It looks groomed and very well maintained.

This is the neighborhood park for Lake Charleston Shores in southwestern Lake Worth, Florida, near…read morethe town of Greenacres. Lake Charleston Shores was built in the 1980's and 1990's on over 900 acres, with more than 200 acres of lakes. The community offers amenities such as trails, pools, and parks like this one. Located near Jog and Hypoluxo Roads, it is known for its family-friendly, residential, lakeside living. At the entrance to the park is a memorial plaque dedicated to Lester Kotok for his contributions to the Lake Charleston Maintenance Association. He served as President of the Homeowners Association and passed away in December 2005. The park feels much larger than a typical neighborhood park. The playground area, complete with benches, is fenced in for safety, but the majority of the park extends beyond the fence. There, you'll find a basketball court and a sand volleyball court. This park was the perfect place to get some steps in between other destinations in the area. The park and basketball court were active, with families enjoying the beautiful weather. Bring a picnic and stop by for exercise and play. The surrounding lakes make this an especially scenic park.

This is a neighborhood park for residents of Lake Charleston Shores. But if you lived near by and…read moreyou had kids, they'd enjoy it. One section of the park is fenced in. That is where all the kids' playground area is -- with slides, structure, and swings. Plus the covered pavilion and benches to relax or just watch the kids while they play. Outside the fenced in area, there is a full basketball court as well as a volleyball court. This "park" is in the middle of a huge swath of grass covered land -- acres of it -- that is undeveloped. I'm not sure if it's set aside for future houses or what. It seems a bit strange. Now that we found it, we know.