爱丽丝·查默斯游乐场
Alice Chalmers Playground
是的，这些都是你在爱丽丝·查默斯操场听到的孩子们细微的尖叫声——不需要敲响警钟。你也会发誓那是你骑过的最滑的滑梯。Alice Chalmers Playground是旧金山CrkkAmazon社区的公立学校Longfellow Elementary的一个期待已久的改革。
Yep, those are the tinny screams of children you’re hearing at Alice Chalmers Playground — And no need to sound the alarm. You’d swear too that those were the smoothest slides you’ve ever ridden. Alice Chalmers Playground is a long-awaited overhaul for Longfellow Elementary, a public school in San Francisco’s Crocker-Amazon neighborhood.
远离这座城市的科技喧嚣，是加利福尼亚景观的缩影。模块化的混凝土砌块模仿了西部多岩石、崎岖不平的海岸线。你甚至需要爬过它们才能到达世界上第一座大型预制堡垒结构的高度。海角的顶部可以看到附近的屋顶景色，向下看，令人眩晕的旋转碗、角落里的沙堆和遍布各处的时髦长椅。不过，不要盯着看太久；孩子们抬起头，抓住下面的网，等着滑下来。
Tucked away from the city’s tech hubbub lies a microcosm of the California landscape. Modular concrete blocks mimic the rocky, rugged coastline of the West. You may even need to clamber through them to reach the heights of the large prefabricated fort structure, the first of its kind in the world. The top of the promontory gives access to a roofline prospect of the neighborhood and, peering down, the dizzying spinning bowl, the throwback sandlot in the corner and the funky-shaped benches sprinkled throughout. Don’t stare for too long, though; the kids are looking up, holding onto the netting below, waiting to slide back down.
