Trees died for this

One August morning, I woke up to a bulldozer raking up the grass downstairs, hoarding erected round the middle of the field and chainsaws killing off at least three trees behind the hoarding. The town council was building an exercise station.
http://snugpug.blogspot.com/2006/08/green-is-gone.html

I say the trees were nicer than these metallic posts -- there's a platform for sit-ups, climbing frame, monkey bars, parallel bars and balance beam. They're all at adult height level so the kids are put off the climbing stuff, though the balance beam is only a few inches off the ground. I honestly don't know why it's there, I can't think of any one that will back flip on a balance beam since Olga Korbut. In the exercise station at the flats near the office, there is at least a stationary cycle and pulleys that let you do arm lifts. I haven't seen anyone use any of this equipment -- except for the mothers who sit on the sit-up platform and chat as their children tear round in the nearby playground.