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| | WARING PLAYGROUND - Historical Sign |
 | | Waring Playground, like the nearby avenue, is named for Maria Waring, a local landowner between 1859 and 1872, and daughter of Robert Payne Waring. |
 | | Waring Playground is located in Bronx Park near the corner of Bronx Park East and Waring Avenue. |
 | | Waring Playground opened on September 28, 1939, with a comfort station, a basketball court, a tennis court, four see-saws, a flagpole, two sand pits, a drinking fountain, swings, a horizontal bar, slides, and a wading pool. |
| www.nycgovparks.org /sub_your_park/historical_signs/hs_historical_sign.php?id=11676 (385 words) |
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