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North Commons
<br /> North Commons is a neighborhood park in southern Ramsey, at the northern border of The COR
<br /> (the city's downtown), located north of CSAH 116 / Bunker Lake Boulevard and between CSAH
<br /> 83 /Armstrong Boulevard and CSAH 56/Ramsey Boulevard. Its playground was built in 2012. The
<br /> playground uses engineered wood fiber for surfacing. Overall, the playground is in excellent
<br /> condition.
<br /> The playground consists of four components the main playset with an attached climbing wall and
<br /> monkey bars, a metal swing set, and two spinners (one globe spinner). The swing set has two bays,
<br /> one for bucket swings and one for belt swing, with each bay containing two swings each. The main
<br /> play set has three slides one short and straight near the bottom, two long and winding near the top
<br /> of the structure. One of the longer slides zig zags while the other turns 360 degrees. There are six
<br /> points of entry one transfer surface; one chain-link ladder; one ladder with circular footholds
<br /> rotated 90 degrees from one another; three stepping platforms; a ladder with two flat platforms
<br /> directly on top of one another; and the monkey bars.
<br /> The monkey bars consist of five triangular bars. The climbing wall is plastic with nine holds on the
<br /> front side and seven holds on the back side and a hole near the bottom of the wall (on the right side
<br /> when viewed from the front) that can serve as a hand hold or foot hold. The top portion of the
<br /> structure is accessible via two separate ladders made from walls with two slots cut out for foot holds.
<br /> The bottommost of these ladders may have accessibility concerns although one can use the
<br /> guardrails as handholds, there is not a lot of room to maneuver through the opening.
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<br /> Figure 41: North Commons Park Playground wide shot; Figures 42-44: (left to right) bridge
<br /> connecting to upper portion of the playground structure, ladder in the background, climber
<br /> with five orthogonal rings; monkey bars and climbing wall
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