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Hi again, quasymody! I think you're right and you had to have room to grow into those pants as they had to last you such a long time! You're also probably right about the Pyrmont location. Hood did a lot of work in Ultimo-Pyrmont. We have a photogrpah of the workers outside Saxton & Sons at : www.acmssearch.sl.nsw.gov.au/search/itemDetailPaged.cgi?i... RW

It looks like the same playground pictured from another angle in this series. You can see the swings behind the basketball hoop. The playground appears to be a vacant lot that's been cleaned up.

Another Bain/LOC photo of the Fifth Avenue Carnegie Playground:

Here's the story, from The New York Times, August 1, 1911:

"The Parks and Playgrounds Association of New York City opened yesterday its fifteenth vacant lot playground, on a plot loaned by Andrew Carnegie. This playground is on the northeast corner of Fifth Avenue and Ninety-first Street, and is equipped with swings, sandboxes, teeter boards, slides, basket ball court, and other equipment.

"The opening was not advertised, but there were 200 children on hand when it was opened. The children came from the section immediately east. The association sends play leaders into the tenement sections, organizes the children into guilds and takes them to the ground. Two leaders are in charge at the ground. The association is supported by voluntary contributions."

So what's there now? The Convent of the Sacred Heart? I don't know NYC that well.

Well, they've sure got that kid pretty well defended.

So is that "backboard" just an empty frame? Seems kind of useless.

This was around the time I worked there .....loved that job!