In a chilling warning for the future of local governments, one playground shuts down while another is sealed off from the public before it even opens.
This is a tale of two playgrounds. One is closing soon while the other – brand new – has stood empty for nearly a year, ringed with steel fencing to stop people from using it. Their stories aren’t the most important thing you’ll read today, but they illustrate something much bigger – the collapse and retreat of local government, and the profound effect it will have on our public spaces.
