Just before playground is demolished  on November 12, 2024

The playground has been a popular gathering space for Loring Greenway neighbors and children from surrounding schools since 1975. The City of Minneapolis Department of Public Works (DPW) dismantled the playground without a plan for its replacement on November 12, 2024 citing safety concerns.

On January 30, 2025, the Loring Greenway Association (LGA) hosted a community meeting for concerned citizens to voice to their opinions about the playground to DPW representatives and Minneapolis City Council Member Katie Cashman. At a second community meeting held March 18, 2025, Midwest Playscapes landscape architect Tim Solomonson introduced three proposed ADA compliant playground concepts.

DOWNLOAD THE THREE PLAYGROUND CONCEPTS HERE

LGA pledged to prepare and distribute a playground feature preferences survey.  Please watch this space for a link to the survey.