News that the playground will open was announced to a public meeting on Saturday by eight-year-old Ruby Barrio.

BBC: The fenced off playground

You cannot set up a store within 1000 feet of any elementary or secondary school, playground, recreation center or facility, child care center, public park, public transit center, library, or game arcade that allows minors to enter.

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The light-hearted pillow fights, which the website says were initiated by the decentralised " urban playground movement", aim to turn cities into "urban living rooms" where public spaces can be reclaimed for social and spontaneous use.

BBC: Get rowdy at International Pillow Fight Day