Installing a fancy scoreboard, an 18-foot fence, stadium-style seating and lighting: worthless. Maintaining the character of a neighborhood playground and its surrounding community: priceless.

Nevertheless, Mayor Adrian M. Fenty’s administration seems intent on spending more than $1 million to make changes to Chevy Chase Playground — even as the city raises taxes, reduces services and delays development projects to close a $700 million revenue gap.

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