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1959 N.Y. Times 28 Dec. 16/7 A ‘playscape’ offers equipment that stimulates a sense of adventure and imaginative participation in games by providing..‘forms and spaces’ that can be transformed by a child's mind at will.

1965 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 28 Mar. 24/1 (headline) Walsh proposes ‘playscape’ for Tremont neighbourhood.

1983 C. L. Mand in L. K. Brendtro & A. E. Ness Re-educating Troubled Youth viii. 235 Is there a reader who, given the opportunity, wouldn't swing on a rope over water and land with a great splash, or who does not thrill to the Tarzan movies and wish that such convenient vines were available in his or her playscape?

1987 Sunday Mail (Queensland) (Nexis) 23 Aug. There are three sections—an ‘active’ area..; a ‘quiet’ area..; and an ‘open’ area... Helen Davis calls it all a ‘playscape’—an environment for everyone.

1994 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) 30 Jan. ii. 1/3 The indoor camp provides different play areas for various age groups with multi-sized playscapes, which are areas stocked with everything from colorful tunnels to ballpits, tubes and a variety of constructions for climbing.

2004 Muskogee (Oklahoma) Daily Phoenix & Times-Democrat (Nexis) 10 July Called a natural playscape..the natural kiddie amusement park will feature rolling hills, shade trees, wooden forts and activity centers.