By C.J.
Hirschfield
When William
Penn Mott Jr. was head of Oakland’s Parks Department in the 1950s, he got
things done. Crazy, cool things. Like helping create Children’s Fairyland. And
like commissioning a well-known jeweler to design a wildly modernist play
structure on the beach in Lakeside Park.
Fairyland
has been revived and now thrives. The sculpture? After years of being in a sad
state of disrepair, help seems to be on the way, as a group of committed
community members works toward making the “Mid-Century Monster” once again a delightful
play experience.
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| Sly, the Family Stone, and the Mid-Century Monster (1968) |
