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    George Christopher Playground

    4.4 (21 reviews)

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    Aaron K.

    Came here on a Sunday afternoon and the park was popping with people. Before the renovation, I loved the park for its balance beam and high fireman pole. I would bring my fourth grade class to this park for a year end field trip. Needless to say, I was excited to see the changes they made. Although the play structure now has a new hip feel, I feel it is not as exciting as before. The structure looks smaller and more condensed whereas the previous one was more spread out. Overall, it is still a great park and I still plan on taking my class here this year.

    They're re-doing the walking path today. Allowing people to walk dogs on the grass.
    Kristina B.

    It's a tough uphill climb from my place but well worth the burn for the peace and calm of the wide open grassy space complete with an entrance to Glen Park Canyon and a fence dividing the children's playground from the field. Most dog owners and caretakers are kind and responsible, which as a dog owner and walker, is a delight. The air is always cooler up here with the sun shining brighter and longer because of the flat land and lack of infrastructure. There's a public restroom for visitors and children and the diamond heights shopping plaza just outside so definitely recommend keeping your dog on leash as soon as you leave the park. Best thing about this place: its clean! Don't have to worry about little hands and feet or paws stepping on broken glass or trash being that the P & R Dept are there almost daily tidying it up and with the Police Academy on one side of the park, it's got to be one of the safest parks in the city. I hike up here with my pooch and many others throughout the week and am grateful to have it to go to.

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    Ken S.

    Christopher Playground and Meadow is adjacent the Diamond Heights Shopping Center (convenient if you plan to visit Safeway or the Harbor Villa Chinese restaurant after). While the newly renovated playground appears well covered here, there is also a nice grassy area known as Christopher Meadow that serves as a ball field during the summer months and has a nice walking path around the meadow. The path is wide, well maintained and wheelchair accessible and also connects to paths that lead into the Glen Canyon hiking trails. I frequently visit Christopher Meadow during the rainy season when the dog parks and other walking paths are mostly muddy or engulfed in puddles. Since this walking path is asphalted and wide, it is usually still walkable and free of mud, even after a big rain storm. Even the grassy meadow is well graded so it mostly avoids muddy areas (there is one small area to be careful of next to Glen Canyon entrance). While this is a great dog friendly area, it is not officially a dog park so leash laws are enforced. Mostly friendly folks and well behaved pups frequent Christopher Meadow.

    Wes M.

    Something about Christopher Playground just gives it an innocent, small-town feel that makes it like a true oasis amidst the bustle of the city. It's that ideal type of place where the neighborhood folks can take their kids, their dogs, or their lattes and enjoy a quiet or playful moment. Its location behind a Safeway may seem tacky on paper, but in practice it actually reinforces the whole mixed-use feel and makes it seem like the Diamond Heights village green. The main features are the playground itself and a baseball diamond, plus it has excellent views of Glen Canyon Park, and trails descending into it as well.

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    This place brings me happiness and sadness when I come here. I used to go to school as a kid across…read morethe street and while at the crosswalk heading towards the playground, one of my classmates got hit by a car. He didn't make it. I still remember him wearing his green overalls. It was quite tragic and I don't want that happening to anyone else. Please be careful when you cross the street to this playground. If you arrive at the top of the hill, cars coming up can't see you and often times people drive like they're driving a manual car and they end up in the crosswalk before they actually stop. Remember where there term California roll comes from. Drivers often don't stop at all despite the top of the hill intersection at Scott and Jackson being a 4-way stop. This is one of the few playgrounds where the trek to the playground itself is part of the experience. The proximity of a playground to the street is always an important aspect of the design. It impacts safety in a big way. It's often a challenge to balance the distance to be close enough to be seen as a public place but not so close that passersby and people who don't really belong there get exposure to your kids. Safety rating of this park is a 5 out of 5. This is the first and currently only 5 out of 5 rating I've given to the other 11 playground reviews I've written so far. The clearly identified entrances/exits to the playground further the safety measures. Aside from the ingress/egress gates, the structures are surrounded by a gate. The hill part of the perimeter is also a grassy field where lots of parents oversee their kids. That in itself is a good thing. When parents are actually watching their kids, paying attention to where they are and who they're interacting with is good company to be in. No true for every park, I can assure you that. The vantage point from the grassy hill also allows all parents to see kids that aren't theirs. This is great for safety. The structures are far apart enough where parents have vantage points between the structures to be able to see most of the playground. Density plays a bit role in safety of playgrounds as well. Some are so close together that it pretty much creates a wall where parents can only see their kids from one side. Again, the grassy area being on a hill provides a great view of your kids particularly with the higher elevation looking down into the playground. Kids ride their bikes along the perimeter. I assume kids will continue to do that even after the playground itself opens up from Covid closure. So watch out when walking along the path or entering/exiting the play structure area. I've seen on more than one occasion where kids smack themselves into the gate and fall of their bikes. Luckily they didn't hit a 2 year old. I'm doing playground reviews for two reasons. I have kids of my own and am on the search for playgrounds to take them to once the 95% of them that are currently closed (this one included) open back up. The second reason is that I'm on a trek to find the best FPV quadcopter flying site and so far this is my top choice. These particular structure designs are great for navigating through. The length of the playground is also perfect. Width isn't too tight either so plenty of space. Ideal seating areas all around for best video signal and view of the quad if flying line of site. Before anyone gets caught up in me flying quads in a playground, note that my quad is well under the 250g that's internationally recognized as toy grade. I'm also only planning to fly for the duration that parks are closed during the Covid shutdown. Once these playgrounds open up again, I'm gone. In the unlikely event that my quad hits you, it won't hurt more than a Halloween sized pack of Skittles slapping you. I've got propeller guards too so it literally won't feel like anything more than possibly an annoyance. These tinywhoops are quiet as ever so I haven't had any issue with anyone so far. Most are just curious and excited to watch. For those that aren't aware, the video quality on what's typically an analog feed to the goggles, is no better than looking at a bad 80's VHS tape. So don't you worry about privacy. The video quality is pretty poor by design. Reducing latency is much more important than improving video quality when flying and for that reason, anyone seen in the video can't be recognized as it's all just a blur. In other words, I'd have a hard time deciding whether to swipe right or swipe left on you if my drone footage was a replacement for Coffee Meets Bagel.

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