Soviet era playground in Tychy, Poland

[u/abt137]

[u/leopold_s]

Straight out of the Harkonnen home world. Can really picture little Feyd-Rautha on that slide.

[u/DFW_diego → u/leopold_s]

May your pelvis chip and shatter

[u/Ninja7017 → u/DFW_diego]

Slide is the bum killer

[u/TaxOwlbear → u/leopold_s]

"Fear is the mind-killer" - older child the moment before they push a younger child down to the death slide.

[u/Vegetable_Gap4856 → u/TaxOwlbear]

Man Bene Gesserit idioms put to real world use sounds very inspiring

[u/SaturnofElysium → u/leopold_s]

Yeah looks like Helghan hahaha

[u/AgITGuy → u/leopold_s]

He's not sliding down it. He is pushing kids off or riding their screams to the ground.

[u/TakesOneToKnowOne1 → u/leopold_s]

r/unexpecteddune

[u/CptnWolfe]

This looks very skateable

[u/ilikemetal69 → u/CptnWolfe]

The sand on the ground would be an issue though

[u/Moonpaw → u/ilikemetal69]

Why? It would give you something soft to land on if you fall!

(/s)

[u/dabsu02 → u/ilikemetal69]

Nah just toss some ply wood or some shit down there yo

[u/StrengthToBreak → u/ilikemetal69]

It's coarse, and it gets everywhere.

[u/my_room_is_a_tip → u/CptnWolfe]

r/tonyhawkitecture

[u/ForagedFoodie → u/my_room_is_a_tip]

Truly a reddit for everything lol!

[u/_antim8_ → u/CptnWolfe]

And tinywhoopable

[u/crystalworldbuilder → u/CptnWolfe]

r/tonyhawkitecture

[u/DeckOfGames]

Brutal brutalism

[u/egordoniv → u/DeckOfGames]

Surely those ass callouses will come in use later in life?

[u/Ravi5ingh]

You can play here

...

Once

[u/NightKnight4766 → u/Ravi5ingh]

Slip and slide? More like chafe and burn

[u/gdj11 → u/NightKnight4766]

That’s not sand on the ground. It’s the ashes of the children who went down the slide.

[u/abt137 → u/gdj11]

🫣

[u/letrumpet → u/NightKnight4766]

Slip and slide? More like SLIP AND DIED!

[u/Darth-Chimp → u/letrumpet]

Go play on the traction ramp.

[u/GoobleGobbl → u/Ravi5ingh]

I have family living in Tychy and grew up in the “E” section of the city. This is a sculpture that IS used by the local kids but not originally intended as a play area. A lot of these are Soviet era memorials, including a particularly tall one in the middle of a park the locals commonly refer to as the “Giraffe” in Tychy.

I would NOT recommend playing on these, especially during a heatwave lol. Tychy also looks great when you aren’t taking a picture of the bloki (Soviet era grey apartment complexes) on a day that made Silent Hill jealous… 😅

[u/Ravi5ingh → u/GoobleGobbl]

Damn that's a vivid description

[u/Bojangly7 → u/Ravi5ingh]

50,000 kids used to play here

[u/needmorelego → u/Bojangly7]

There aren’t many kids in Poland anymore…

[u/ForagedFoodie]

It's not a slide it's a sculpture. Different angles make that clear

https://wykop.pl/wpis/62989555/zjezdzalnia-na-placu-zabaw-tychy-1979-architekt-wo

[u/lorarc → u/ForagedFoodie]

It used to be a fully functional slide

https://www.slazag.pl/kosmiczne-rzezby-tychy-kosmosonda/foto/3

[u/ForagedFoodie → u/lorarc]

Cool, thank you! The metal coating makes a lot more sense than the bare concrete. I assume there were also metal stairs or a ladder at one point?

[u/lorarc → u/ForagedFoodie]

I'm not sure, doesn't look like stairs would fit. Maybe the intended use was to run up the slide? I also don't know why the halfpipe on top also has metal on it.

https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/plac-zabaw-na-osiedlu-g-tychy-2acd7dc932334788b3dca3b7b788cdd4

[u/kdt912 → u/lorarc]

This has been a fun comment thread getting more and more photos of this random thing until someone whips out a full 3D model of it lol

[u/theslideistoohot → u/ForagedFoodie]

Looks like that slide could get too hot

[u/ForagedFoodie → u/theslideistoohot]

That was all slides back in the 40s-80s lol! They were metal. Plastic slides didn't really start to be a thing till the 90s, and at first they were those horrible fiber ones that would wear down after 5-8 years of use and give kids plastic splinters!

The current standard of roto-molded, high-density solid plastic didn't start to become the norm till the late 90s or early 00s.

[u/theslideistoohot → u/ForagedFoodie]

I remember, that's where I got my username.

[u/ForagedFoodie → u/theslideistoohot]

Lol! I didn't think to look, that's hysterical

[u/TEOn00b → u/ForagedFoodie]

In Romania the slides were metal well into the 2000s.

[u/MichelinStarZombie → u/theslideistoohot]

Aww, a 21st century baby

[u/EveryoneSadean → u/ForagedFoodie]

Anything can be a slide with the right attitude

[u/Dots-on-the-Sky]

This is a playground that prepares you for the hard knock life.

[u/lennoxred → u/Dots-on-the-Sky]

Thanks for the earwig

[u/bonnsai]

tough.

[u/nidvs]

It's a defenestration practice facility.

[u/XROOR]

Playground for the Engineers in Prometheus

[u/abt137 → u/XROOR]

This is not getting enough upvotes 😂

[u/enaxian]

Where children grow moustache despite their gender.

[u/nyorm]

Over time that slide will be painted red

[u/NaiveRepublic]

r/Simon_Stalenhag

[u/Attack_Helecopter1]

This looks miserable

[u/Furebel → u/Attack_Helecopter1]

It's just Poland, we got used to it.

[u/amusingjapester23 → u/Attack_Helecopter1]

It'd look decent without the graffiti.

[u/Popal24]

r/Brutalism

[u/kendo31]

That's not a slide, that's a grind.

In Soviet Russia, park plays you!

[u/boiyougongetcho]

I'm gonna have to say this is taking brutalism comically too far

[u/Unfair-Outside-4084]

Soviets breed war machines ahh energy

[u/Chris714n_8]

"Conscript slide.."

[u/STC_polskielamy]

I used to live in Tychy, but I don't think I ever saw this. Anyone know the street name or something?

[u/abt137 → u/STC_polskielamy]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/kWmXsDKwvGJCu7Qj6

[u/STC_polskielamy → u/abt137]

Thanks, gonna visit it next time I'm in town

[u/Ninja7017]

Ass grater

[u/KobraTheKipod]

Straight out of Final Fantasy 7

[u/Creative_Assistant72]

Wow, those communists really knew how to do it right back then. They don't build em like they used to!

[u/mmmetal76]

Parkour worl champs

[u/ilikebigbookies]

Urban hell

[u/jaknorthman]

Butal-ism

[u/returnofblank]

Looks straight out of that Regular Show episode where they explain that they sent Soviet spies to America to steal their park designs

[u/TheLawnStink]

The era when fun was standardized

[u/IgotThrobbed]

That looks like fun for all of us(sr)!!

[u/SolatikSound]

dream for parkour people

[u/stillballin1992]

Ok, but on a sunny day with all your homies plus a piece of card board for the slide, I bet that place was fun as hell.

[u/MrMcgruder]

That looks fun.

[u/StrengthToBreak]

Built to withstand the chonky ass of the proletariat

[u/Hamphalamph]

You supposed to roll down that slide?

[u/Standard-Bug-2940]

“Momma! The slide hurts”. “Nyet!!! You slide and have fun!!!”

[u/Mystical_Cat]

Well that explains some things.

[u/Braincake87]

And the kids also had fun here.

[u/EdvinRushitaj]

Other materials exist

Communists: Let's use cement!

[u/lorarc → u/EdvinRushitaj]

That's concrete not cement.

[u/EdvinRushitaj → u/lorarc]

Thats correct but couldn't remember the word. English's not my native language. Thanks

[u/derpycheetah]

I believe you've seen a slide... but have you ever actually used one sir???

[u/-one-eye-open-]

This kinda slaps

[u/WarmBaths]

50,000 kids used to play here…

[u/cloud1445]

Alcohol was used in the design of this product.

[u/MustBeMisteaken]

Looks like you could load torpedoes with that bad boy

[u/deboo117]

This could’ve easily gone into r/urbanhell

[u/led204]

Designed by Miss Trunchbull.

[u/iSeize]

At least the guys building the forms had a fun time

[u/Savage-September]

Why were the Soviets so in love with concrete

[u/Mundane_Lake_1277]

I think as a think I would think it’s awesome but then crack my head open Xd

[u/Haunting_Word_505]

You don't slide down it... You combat roll down it.

[u/Virtualcosmos]

Ah, I love brutalist architecture

[u/MichaelThePlatypus]

It's not a playground; it's an old monument.

[u/CraftyGas9971]

I like it.

[u/bcolectorb]

It was more user-friendly in the past

[u/Euklidis]

This is designdepression, not designporn.... But to be fair this probably makes for an amazing skate park prop or a good (even if accidental) art piece

[u/im_buhwheat]

I think it's called a tumble

[u/LeDillonPoop]

Crosspost to skate spots or fingerboards lol they will love it

[u/TheEvilPirateLeChuck]

DesignGore

[u/palaceofcesi]

Literally the opposite of design porn…

[u/GetOffMyGrassBrats]

Nothing like a concrete slide to toughen those little Soviets up!

[u/disturbed_waffles]

It looks like it wood be painful.

[u/switchbox_dev]

for when you get bored of sliding and just want to roll down it

[u/TheArtysan]

Danny MacAskill entered the chat

[u/Queen_of_dogs_01]

Can't be a Soviet era playground without those spinning globe cages

[u/pleasant-emerald-906]

Looks bomb proof

[u/slowburnangry]

It hurts to even look at it, can't imagine a child enjoying that monstrosity.

[u/Gilgamesh2062]

In Soviet Russia, the playground plays you.

[u/Easy_Turn1988]

Here kids, place where have fun in honour of great Lenin

[u/chuckop]

Brutal.

[u/poizonemusic]

this is depressing. we need to stop idealising concrete and barren landscapes as aesthetic

[u/sim384]

This is what happens when the liberals allow half life 2 to fuck silent hill.

[u/No-Ladder-4436]

There are slides made of smoothed concrete in the US. They are slidable. This one doesn't look too enjoyable though

[u/RusRusso]

Dismal.

[u/goodasguy]

This place looks terrible.

[u/abt137 → u/goodasguy]

I'd say decent today

Grunwaldzka - Google Maps

[u/goodasguy → u/abt137]

Huh, perspective means a lot. Thanks for sharing.

[u/Flecca]

No it's fucking not, and you absolutely know that. In other shocking news: Redditors are the Most Gullible Fucks on the Planet.

[u/Poiuy2010_2011 → u/Flecca]

What are you talking about lol, it literally is a playground installation from 1979.

[u/im-not-a-cat-fr]

In Russian accent "Here is play ground structure. Don't break your neck"

[u/bm_preston]

Soviet children do not play.

Soviet playground play with you!

Wait, huh? What did he just say? The Soviet playground is gonna play with little kids???

[u/lorarc → u/bm_preston]

Poland wasn't a soviet republic.

[u/bm_preston → u/lorarc]

You’re right. Thinking back to the early 40’s….

[u/Sonder_Wunder]

You see, comrade, we do make slide by concrete so children learn life is pain of ass.

[u/clubley2]

It's not real.

Edit: Just a stupid comment from me.

[u/lorarc → u/clubley2]

You can see it on streetview https://maps.app.goo.gl/kWmXsDKwvGJCu7Qj6

[u/snartha → u/lorarc]

Thanks for sharing the link, it's neat to see how this looks now! It looks like they kept this old piece of equipment as a historical artifact, the sign posted on it reads "no climbing on the object" XD

[u/lorarc → u/snartha]

I'd rather say they kept it because demolishing it would be expensive while putting a sign on it costs very little.

[u/Sacharon123 → u/clubley2]

Are you sure or just guessing? If sure, can you share details how you recognize it?

[u/CurmudgeonLife]

Redditors believe anything.

[u/AllWhatsBest → u/CurmudgeonLife]

The intellectual web elite ;)
But to be fair: it IS kind of a playground. Although it was made as an art project. Also it's not really the "Soviet era" but I don't even want to get into this one.
Anyway, this is an example of the use of art under communism in Poland. There are a lot of such things in Polish "projects" ;) Some are better, some worse. But the very fact that some party official, after consulting with architects, decided "ok, let's put a sculpture or an installation or something there" is quite amusing.