INDIA POINT PARK PLAYGROUND AND MOSAIC MURAL

playground intro | press release (pdf) | playground images
Past Points treasure hunt | list of community mural-makers  

Since 2003, one of India Point Park's favorite places is the new playground located between the Gano Street entrance to the Park and the shoreline overlooking the Seekonk River. Designed in collaboration by the Friends of India Point Park, the Providence Parks Department, and Bradford Associates, the playground reflects a maritime theme demonstrated by boat-shaped sandboxes, climbing ropes, a flagpole with yardarm, and other equipment.
	The northern edge of the playground is hugged by a retaining wall embellished by "Past Points." This stoneware mosaic mural was designed by artists Mika Seeger and Peter Geisser and completed with the help of hundreds of community participants. The capitivating scene encompasses boats, piers, wharfs, people, creatures of land and water, the Fox Point streetscape, and the swirling sea.
Work continues on the Past Points mural in 2005. Please visit and take a swing on the swingset or a climb on the ropes. Or spend some time taking in all the details of the "Past Points" mural. Click here for a long list of all the discoveries you will find in "Past Points" if you attempt our Treasure Hunt!

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