Cologne Abolishes the Term "Playground" and Replaces 700 Signs

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According to the administration's plans in the cathedral city there is to be a new name for playgrounds: "Play and action area" should be called the places in the future. Not everyone understands this.

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Cologne's mayor Henriette Reker (non-partisan) wants to stop the plan of her own administration: playgrounds should be called "playgrounds" in Cologne!

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The city of Cologne wants to replace old playground signs and change the name at once. The places will be called "play and action space" in the future. This should take into account the "diversity of the users".

Kronen Zeitung

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In the cathedral city of Cologne, the term "playground" is no longer used in the future – the town hall perceives the name as "limiting" and wants to banish it from the cityscape. Around 700 signs are to be exchanged. The youth aid committee of the city hall presented plans in this regard, as the "Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger" reported. In the project called "Development of a new information sign for the Cologne game, bolt and action areas" it was esta…

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The city of Cologne no longer wants to name playgrounds. As usual, this is justified by inclusion, diversity and the "limiting" meaning of the old word. Unfortunately, the new name also aims to avoid reality. More honest would be other terms.

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The term is "limiting", the signs outdated – Cologne will rename its playgrounds in the future. The new name should take into account "the extended idea of inclusion".