Helen Diller Civic Center North Playground
A railing fence right around it, so a bolter stays put, and a tall spiderweb net that keeps the school-age ones busy while a toddler pokes about.
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Built around a big spiderweb climbing net, so it holds school-age kids longest while toddlers stay low on the ropes.
Wide, quiet galleries near Civic Center. Doable as one floor and out again, and there is room to push a stroller through every room.
A formal lawn between the Opera House and the Veterans Building, lined with plane trees and on axis with the City Hall dome. There is no play equipment.
Made for preschoolers, with small bright play structures and a little train with two cars to climb into.
A shop at Pier 39 selling edible raw cookie dough.
A one-room neighborhood history museum, with mostly adult subject matter. Closed for now while it repairs water damage and builds a space three times the size.