The field house at Park View Playground, renovated 2015
This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Recreation - Park View Playground: 693 Otis Place NW
This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Recreation - Park View Playground: 693 Otis Place NW
Civil Rights Tour: Recreation - Park View Playground: 693 Otis Place NW
In the late 1940s, Park View Playground—an all-white facility in an increasingly Black neighborhood—was one of a few playgrounds selected by the Board of Recreation for racial integration. This…