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Backyard Treehouse Survives Manhattan Legal Fight

by Associated Press, Posted Oct 27th 2010 11:30AM

The treehouse stays. Credit: AP
NEW YORK (AP) - In the countryside, in the suburbs or even in the leafier districts of New York's outer boroughs, a treehouse would hardly raise an eyebrow. But in a historic Manhattan neighborhood whose residents ...The treehouse can not only stay - it's been granted landmark status.
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If You Build It, They Will Play: Fantasy Playhouses

by Honey Berk, Posted May 28th 2010 9:00AM

With a castle in their backyard, the Budge home is a popular spot for play dates. Credit: Lisa Budge
Barbara Butler has been helping parents make their kids' dreams come true for more than two decades, conjuring up castles for little princesses, ...
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City sinks pirate ship

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Sep 23rd 2008 7:00PM

I have a very short list of places I would live if I couldn't live in San Francisco -- basically, it's the Russian River area just north of here and Vancouver, British Columbia (with Portland, Oregon a maybe). Some of the lustre has come off one of ...
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A treehouse full of guns

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Apr 25th 2008 11:53AM

I've been wanting to build a treehouse for my kids for quite a while now, but after reading this story I think there's one feature I'm definitely going to add -- a lock. A father in Florida went out to check on the treehouse he'd built for his ...
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National Playground Safety Week

by Sandy Maple, Posted Apr 21st 2008 4:02PM

The grass is greening, the trees are budding and red and yellow tulips are popping up everywhere. It must be Spring! Along with Mother Nature's show, one of the most reliable indicators that Spring has actually sprung is the sounds of children out ...
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Dad builds awesome fantasy treehouse

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Feb 25th 2008 11:32AM

It's been a year and a half and I've accomplished nothing, but I haven't given up on the idea of building a treehouse for the kids. It's just that a lack of time, a lack of funds, and no shortage of more pressing tasks have kept me from doing ...
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Amazing forts and playhouses

by Angie Felton, Posted Feb 11th 2008 4:01PM

Having a Barbara Butler playhouse in your yard would be on the same level of awesome as having Martha Stewart organize and decorate your house. For 18 years, Butler has combined construction skills she acquired from assisting her contractor brothers ...
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Knit a treehouse

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Jan 24th 2007 4:03PM

For all you parents fortunate enough to live in parts of the world that aren't freezing cold right now, here's an outdoor project that looks like fun: "treehouse knitting." It involves creating hammocks between high branches of strong trees. Seems ...
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Fear of falling

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Sep 24th 2006 4:03PM

I'm not prone to nightmares. My dreams tend more towards a Lethal Weapon sort of action adventure type plot than a Jason or Freddy type. The only one I remember having is one where my father was on the end of a dock and the Creature from the Puce ...
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