Adams resumes push for new village playground Adams playground plans By Abbey Buttacavoli | April 8, 2021 at 6:19 AM EDT - Updated April 8 at 8:28 AM ADAMS, N.Y. (WWNY) - Adams is back in the swing of fundraising for a new playground, something the village has been without for decades. If you talk to someone who grew up in the village of Adams, they might tell you about an old playground on Institute Street. “It used to have slides and teeter-totters and it had big spider in the middle of it,” village trustee Kreg Davis said. “I mean, it was what we grew up with.”