Life-Size Candy Land on the World’s Crookedest Street

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Yes­ter­day, to cel­e­brate Candland’s 60th anniver­sary, Lom­bard Street in San Fran­cisco was trans­formed into a life-size ver­sion of Candy Land! Kids from UC San Fran­cisco Children’s Hos­pi­tal and Friends of the Chil­dren were divided into four teams of six chil­dren to play the game on the 575 feet of switch­backs known as “the crookedest street in the world.”

The orig­i­nal Candy Land was cre­ated by Eleanor Abbott while she was recov­er­ing from polio as a way to enter­tain chil­dren also recu­per­at­ing from the dis­ease. The event was held in honor of Abbott’s inspi­ra­tion. How cool!

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  • http://www.stephmodo.com/ Stephanie

    This is absolutely stu­pen­dous! I love it! We used to live two blocks from this por­tion of Lom­bard Street…what a great neigh­bor­hood. I love that orga­ni­za­tions are mak­ing such an exhil­er­at­ing expe­ri­ence pos­si­ble for chron­i­cally ill chil­dren. SF is so good at stuff like that!

  • Sally

    Loved Can­dy­land when I was a kid. As a mom, I can now under­stand why it was so unap­peal­ing to my par­ents! lol

    Also love Junior Society. :)

  • likescho­cholate

    That is so cool! I wish I could have seen that.

  • Sally

    Loved Can­dy­land when I was a kid. As a mom, I can now under­stand why it was so unap­peal­ing to my par­ents! lol

    Also love Junior Society. :)

  • likescho­cholate

    That is so cool! I wish I could have seen that.

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