Fix It! What's A Playground Without A Slide?

A Honolulu park slide was removed and its entrance boarded up earlier this year. It’s still unclear when it’ll be replaced.

Head to Waipiʻo Neighborhood Park as the sun’s going down and you’ll likely find a lively scene: friends playing basketball, parents teaching their keiki how to ride a bike, screams and shouts coming from the funky blue and purple playground.

That playground used to have a left-curving blue and purple slide. But the slide has been gone for nine months. Children looking for the rush of a rapid exit from the playground’s highest platform instead find a wall of wood blocking the opportunity for any thrill at all.

The slide was not perfect, neighbor Wayne Elento said. At some point, it looked like someone had torn the plastic, he said, which led the city to take action