Playground equipment at the 99th Street Elementary School with the 97th Street residences and the Griffon Manor apartments in the background at Love Canal, Niagara Falls, New York, August 1978
Title
Playground equipment at the 99th Street Elementary School with the 97th Street residences and the Griffon Manor apartments in the background at Love Canal, Niagara Falls, New York, August 1978
Subject
Griffon Manor (Niagara Falls, N.Y.)
Playgrounds
Elementary schools
Abandoned buildings
Abandoned houses
Hazardous waste sites
Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill (Niagara Falls, N.Y.)
Description
A grassy playground contains red and blue metal swing frames and a vertical metal climbing structure. No swings are attached. In the background, a row of single-family houses, painted in pastel colors such as yellow and light blue, have their windows and doors boarded up. Utility poles and overhead wires run across the scene, and an orange plastic mesh fence separates the playground from the homes. The area appears abandoned or unused.
Creator
Ploughman, Penelope, 1955-
Source
State University of New York at Buffalo. University Archives
Publisher
State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries
Date
1978-08
Rights
Format
image/jpeg
Type
Image
Identifier
MS100.10
Date Created
2009-01-28
Is Part Of
Love Canal Images. LIB-003
Penelope D. Ploughman Love Canal Collection. MS100
Is Referenced By
Collection
Citation
Ploughman, Penelope, 1955-, “Playground equipment at the 99th Street Elementary School with the 97th Street residences and the Griffon Manor apartments in the background at Love Canal, Niagara Falls, New York, August 1978,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed August 26, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/16470.