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Mother Waldron Playground, Bounded by Pohukaina Street, Cooke Street, Halekauwila Street, and former Coral Street right-of-way, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI
- Title: Mother Waldron Playground, Bounded by Pohukaina Street, Cooke Street, Halekauwila Street, and former Coral Street right-of-way, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI
- Other Title: Mother Waldron Neighborhood Park
- Creator(s): Historic American Landscapes Survey, creator
- Related Names:
Bent, Harry Sims
Honolulu Parks Commission
Honolulu Board of Parks and Recreation
Waldron, Margaret ("Mother")
McAllaster, Wendie , historian
Tice, Polly , historian
Harper, Joan , historian
Franzen, David , photographer
Greenleaf, Charles , photographer
HHF Planners, Inc. , contractor
Mason Architects, Inc. , contractor
Silverhouse Photographic , contractor
McPartland, Mary , transmitter - Date Created/Published: Documentation compiled after 2000
- Medium:
Photo(s): 13
Data Page(s): 13
Photo Caption Page(s): 3 - Reproduction Number: ---
- Rights Advisory:
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- Call Number: HALS HI-27
- Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
- Notes:
- Significance: Mother Waldron Playground is significant as an urban recreational site associated with the philosophy of the early twentieth century organized play and playground movements in the United States. Mother Waldron Playground was one of few public works projects in Honolulu developed using Works Progress Administration funds. The period of significance extends from the year of construction and completion, 1937, to 1945 when the playground movement that supported supervised play largely ceased and the Honolulu Board of Parks and Recreation was formed following World War II. The park is significant for its association with the national organized play and playground movement at the turn of the early twentieth century. The social missions of the movement were initially adopted and implemented in Honolulu through the works of the privately funded Free Kindergarten and Children's Aid Association, followed by the city government's Recreation Commission and Honolulu Park Board in the 1920s and 1930s. Mother Waldron Playground was one of many parks established in Honolulu in response to concerns about the physical and social welfare of underprivileged children living in congested urban areas and the desire to provide them with safe, organized and supervised recreation. The site retains its historic function, providing recreation space within the residential neighborhood of Kakaako. Mother Waldron Playground is also significant for its architectural and landscape design by architect Harry Sims Bent. The original playground area continues to display Bent's modern approach and desire to create a functional yet pleasing environment for park users. The prominent, Bent-designed contributing features reflect the Art Moderne Style with the Art Deco influences. Mother Waldron Playground's landscape features and its character within the original playground site continue to convey a sense of the site's historic identity as one of Honolulu's Art Deco parks designed and constructed in the 1930s. It remains a good example of architect Harry Sims Bent's designs incorporating Art Deco and Art Moderne styles. Despite alterations, the playground continues to express the site's historic significance associated with the planning, design and development of an urban recreation space for the children and adults of the Kakaako neighborhood as promoted by the parks and playground movement.
- Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N160
- Survey number: HALS HI-27
- Building/structure dates: 1937 Initial Construction
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- Latitude/Longitude: 21.298505, -157.85857780201914
- Collections:
- Part of: Historic American Landscapes Survey (Library of Congress)
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- Call Number: HALS HI-27
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Data Page(s): 13
Photo Caption Page(s): 3
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