Playground bars. "Playground" is also used as a metaphor to describe a place for some types of play. For example, a laboratory may also be referred to as playground for a scientist. Playground A playground, playpark, or play area is a place specifically designed to enable children to play there. It is typically outdoors. While a playground is usually designed for children, some target other age groups. Berlin's Preußenpark for example is designed for people aged 70 or higher. A playground might exclude children below a certain age. Modern playgrounds often have recreational equipment such as the seesaw, merry-go-round, swingset, slide,
Karl V. Teeter refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War. He continued to work far into his retirement, concentrating on completing the lexicon of Wiyot on which he had been working since his student days, and encouraging research on endangered languages through participation in such organizations as the Foundation for Endangered Languages. Karl V. Teeter Karl van Duyn Teeter (March 2, 1929 – April 20, 2007) was an American linguist known especially for his work on the Algic languages. Teeter was born in Berkeley, California, to Charles Edwin Teeter, Jr., a college professor of acoustic engineering, and Lura May (née Shaffner)