An expanded edition of this contemporary classic to reinspire contemporary playground design. From the 1950s to the 1980s, the open-air playground was a social laboratory. Innovative, wacky, and educational playground designs emerged in European and American cities, as well as elsewhere around the world. Artists, landscape designers, architects, and activists sought to provide children with the best possible place to play, while also reimagining cities and communities as a whole. First published in 2018, The Playground Project instantly became a classic. This expanded new edition revives the wealth of ideas of that period to inspire us today. It offers many previously unpublished images, numerous new portraits--especially of female protagonists of the time--as well as findings from the latest research on playground design. An incisive introductory essay places9781960136244