Roger A. Hart

Monkey bars and jungle gyms are history—the modern playground, with building blocks and noodles, is all about imagination and manipulation. David Rockwell, founder and CEO of Rockwell Group, and Roger A. Hart, director of the Children's Environments Research Group at CUNY Graduate Center, join us to discuss contemporary playground architecture and its role in child development.

Are contemporary playgrounds too safe? Are innovative new play spaces needed to help engage children, and challenge them to grow and explore? On today’s Please Explain, we examine the history of playgrounds, and the current issues facing their planning and construction. Susan G. Solomon, the author of American Playgrounds: Revitalizing ...