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Here’s a curated selection of moments across North Carolina as captured by The News & Observer’s visual journalists. They ...
The Gipson Play Plaza at Dix Park hosted a private event Saturday, offering families a preview of the free, inclusive space.
The Gipson Play Plaza at Dix Park hosted a private event Saturday, offering families a preview of the free, inclusive space.
The 18.5-acre plaza includes climbing towers, interactive water features modeled after the Historic Yates Mill, picnic areas ...
WRAL took a sneak peek at a new one-of-a-kind landmark coming to Dix Park in Raleigh. City park employees and their families were able to take an early look at Gipson Play Plaza, a new recreation area ...
Raleigh playground staff tested operations and services before the planned general public grand opening celebration that ...
For the past two years, every Monday, Marenda Rose has taken her three children to a different park in the Raleigh area, ...
It also plans to add go-kart racing for kids ages 8-13. Roller skating: Skate City reopens as only outdoor public skating rink New plaza: 3 new restaurants coming to downtown Jensen Beach ...
It’s precise and it’s also hands off enough to let you play jazz within the thing ... Now we’re playing the same person?” Aubrey Plaza was playing it almost like she was winking at the crowd, like she ...
Gipson Play Plaza in Dix Park was designed and built over a period of several years, with the help of hundreds of collaborators and members of the public who gave their input. The result is a 20 ...
Gipson Play Plaza in Dix Park is opening this June—waterfall, sand pit, sensory maze, multi-story climbing tower, mega-swing and all. Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, a Brooklyn-based ...
In many ways, the $72 million Gipson Play Plaza set to open this spring is a watershed moment. The play plaza will include climbing towers, a playground, a picnic grove, a waterfall and more ...