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June 25, 2015

Grand opening shows what The Playground has to offer

Grand opening shows what The Playground has to offer

When it comes to design, "the best stuff just happens," architect Paul Steelman said Thursday night during a private grand opening of The Playground. "The best thing about this place is it looks like it just happened." But it didn't just happen.

Behind the brick-and-mortar fantasia that is The Playground is an equally creative real estate gambit that Philadelphia developer Bart Blatstein orchestrated to gain control of the space.