the first model playground in the united states was
Playground One of the first playgrounds in the United States was built in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park in 1887.[11] In 1906 the Playground Association of America was founded and a year later Luther Gulick became president.[12] It later became the National Recreation Association and then the National Recreation and Park Association.[13] Urging the need for playgrounds, former President Theodore Roosevelt stated in 1907: