Shane's Inspiration

In 1998, television producer Scott A. Williams, his wife Catherine Curry-Williams, and their friend Tiffany Harris established Shane's Inspiration in honor of Shane, Scott and Catherine's infant son who passed away from the symptoms of spinal muscular atrophy. They drew some inspiration from Amy Jaffe Barzach's work, who started Boundless Playgrounds a few years earlier. In the fall of 2000, the main Shane's Inspiration playground in Griffith Park opened.

The most well-liked playground in Los Angeles is this enormous, breathtaking gem, which is the first universally accessible playground in the Western U.S. and the largest in the country. It's simple to understand why: Children can pretend to be astronauts inside the "Lucky Star Chaser" spaceship, take the controls in an airplane cockpit, channel their inner pirates on the "Adventure Ship," safely land on the soft, rubberized surface underneath the numerous slides, swings, monkey bars, zip lines, and much more The Los Angeles Zoo, the Griffith Observatory, the Travel Town/Los Angeles Live Steamers Railroad Museum, and the merry-go-round are just a few of the attractions that are nearby or right in the midst of Griffith Park.

Since the first playground was built, more than fifty additional community playgrounds—both big and small—have been built with help from Shane's Inspiration, which may have provided assistance with planning, locating materials, writing grants, collaborating with local governments, or other stages of the process.

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Location: 4730 Crystal Springs Dr, Los Angeles
Contact: www.laparks.org/dos/playground/facility/griffithUAPk.htm
Phone: 323-913-4688
Opening hours: 6am-10pm daily