Davis residents all know Rainbow City, beloved playground made of wood and built by the community in Community Park years ago. I remember when I first came here, thinking that if I were a kid in Davis, this would have been my favourite playground, and I know for my own son, it pretty much was. And then, a couple of years ago, they closed it down – several reasons were  bandied about at the time: safety, the aging wood, termites, chemicals, hiss-boo-modern-world. I was worried that this would end up as another horrible plastic nothing playground, or even one of those weird playgrounds you get now with the odd shaped climbing bars and make-no-sense seats. Or maybe it would never come back. And then, just recently, the City and the local community started the new building project, which is ongoing, and here it is. I sketched it on Sunday morning, sat on the little grassy mound by the Davis Arts Center. It’s coming along nicely, and while it isn’t exactly the same, it has a lot of similar features to the old Rainbow City, but is just newer, updated. I’m excited for it to open, which should be fairly soon. Not that I can exactly run around on it myself, mind, and even my son is going to start getting past the age of playgrounds soon, but it does look like a fun place for local kids to explore. It’s a nice spot in my neighbourhood. I’m looking forward to the bike path next to it reopening too.