Work begins on playground revamp at Fallon Field in Roslindale

Workers today began tearing down the old playground at Fallon Field at South and Walworth streets so they can replace it with a $910,000 upgrade that will include Roslindale's first spray area - and one of the longest slides at any playground in the Boston area, thanks to a design that incorporates the hill the playground sits atop.

Roslindale Wants to Play, a group of local parents, helped convince the city to speed up planned renovations to the playground after showing that Roslindale had less playground space than other neighborhoods.

More details on the Fallon renovations (2.3M PDF).