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Walmart deal alert: Dome Climber Jungle Gym now 53% off, parents say is “better than a swing set”
Right now, this popular jungle gym is marked down from $360 to just $168 - a massive $192 in savings on a backyard favorite that’s built to last. Why Kids (and Parents) Love the Dome Climber ...
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In Winnetka, the jungle gym was born. A look at its evolution, from sky-high rusted pipes to soft, risk-averse playgrounds
In the backyard of the Winnetka Historical Society, behind a fence of manicured hedges, there stands an ancient jungle gym, a monolithic, caramel-color 7-foot tall cube of deliberately spaced ...
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A beloved piece of playground equipment — the jungle gym — turns 100 years old
I'm looking at the 100-year-old jungle gym. OZUG: It's preserved in the backyard of an old Victorian home that serves as the Winnetka Historical Society. TRIESCHMANN: So it's a little bit of a ...
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Inside the weird and delightful origins of the jungle gym, which just turned 100
It turns out that the history of the jungle gym, and its sibling the monkey bars ... Or, as Fannin says, "It only stays in Hinton's backyard. It never becomes sort of the cultural mainstay ...