I returned a second time to sketch the construction of the Kidstown, Isaac’s Family Climb time at the Orlando Science Center (777 E Princeton St, Orlando, FL 32803). Protective screens had been added to keep kids from any attempted jumps from up high. It looked like a complicated maze and I am too tall to walk through any of the corridors without hunching over. At this point I believe the play area was close to being finished. I was impressed with how the structure filled the room. Construction workers were still using ladders and the lift to get up high rather than crawling inside the structure itself.
Foam had been taped around one of the support beams. Perhaps the lift had been banging up against it in the commotion of construction. This was a chance for me to stretch my perspective muscles as I tried to fit the entire structure into the sketch. At the grand opening of Kidstown, I saw the kids climbing inside this structure for the first time. It is very popular with the kids.
This $5 million project opened to the general public in late October
2016. It signals the completion of the first phase of the $30 million
Unlock Science Campaign, a multi-year/multi-phase effort to renovate all
the exhibits and expand resources at the Science Center.