Public Playground

Public Playground is a park in Town of Ithaca, Tompkins, New York. Public Playground is situated nearby to the park Strawberry Fields, as well as near the power station Cornell University Central Heating Plant.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lynah Rink and Willard Straight Hall.

Lynah Rink

Ice rink

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Lynah Rink is a 4,267-seat hockey arena at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, that opened in 1957. Named after James Lynah, Class of 1905, who was the director of Cornell athletics from 1935 to 1943, it is home to the Big Red men's and women's ice hockey teams. Lynah Rink is situated 2,700 feet north of Public Playground.

Willard Straight Hall

Community center

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Willard Straight Hall is the student union building on the central campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Conceived as a memorial to Willard Dickerman Straight, its construction was initiated by his widow, Dorothy Payne Whitney Straight, with the aim of enriching student life. Willard Straight Hall is situated 1 mile northwest of Public Playground.

Bailey Hall

Theater building

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Bailey Hall is the largest auditorium at Cornell University, an Ivy League university in Ithaca, New York. The auditorium seats 1,300 people, and it is named for Liberty Hyde Bailey, the first dean of what is now Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Bailey Hall is situated 4,200 feet northwest of Public Playground.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Ithaca and Forest Home.

East Ithaca

Suburb

East Ithaca is a suburban community and CDP in Tompkins County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, East Ithaca had a population of 3,175. East Ithaca is a suburb of the City of Ithaca on its eastern city line and in the Town of Ithaca.

Forest Home

Hamlet

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Forest Home is a census-designated place in the town of Ithaca, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Forest Home had a population of 1,168. It is located immediately east of the Cornell University campus.

Ithaca

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Ithaca is a small city in the Finger Lakes region of central New York, at the southern tip of Cayuga Lake. In addition to being the home of Cornell University and Ithaca College, Ithaca is known for its several gorges and waterfalls, small eclectic shops and restaurants, and deep interest in politics.

Public Playground

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: Town of Ithaca, Tompkins, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.43888° or 42° 26′ 20″ north

Longitude

-76.47378° or 76° 28′ 26″ west

Operator

Belle Sherman Cottages

Open location code

87J5CGQG+HF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1553645071

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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