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The game reference YOU can help us build

Streetplay's mission is to document the great city games that we know and love. Over the years, we've wanted to allow our readers to collaborate with us, to make our knowledge base bigger and better. Now, technology has caught up with our desire and we're proud to announce the Streetplay Wiki (SPwiki for short).

Are there games you played in the street as a city youth? Are you a reasonably good writer with attention to detail? Sign up for a SPwiki account and help us make SPWiki the best web resource for urban games anyone can imagine.

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Some of the best childhood play photography

We've assembled the Streetplay Galleries to present the work of professional artists who have documented the experience of play all over the world. Over the years, we've assembled some stunning exhibitions.

In this gallery, Play Around the World: Haiti, Martha Cooper spans the globe to bring us the fun of kids playing around with found objects.

Featured articles

Contest winners: Food stories
When we asked our readers to tell us their favorite story about eats, the result was funnier than a cafeteria food fight.

Streeplay photos: Balls
Some great shots of spaldeens and other balls old and new

A Playful World: Philadelphia
The Playful World project documents the games and play of children from different places around the globe, in this case, Philadelphia. Please share the joyful aspects of our shared cultures.

Member spotlight: Joe Carrieri
A lot of our readers have shared their stories with us first-hand in our Member Spotlight section. Here, Joe Carrieri tells us about his days as a batboy for the NY Yankees.

Streetplay postcards
You can share Streetplay goodness via e-mail: just pick out one of the cool pictures and send it to a friend!

Site highlights

In Tribute: Steve Mercado, FDNY
Steve Mercado, a leader in the stickball community, was one of the brave firefighters lost in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. This is our tribute to him.
Streetplay at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival
The Smithsonian Institution invited us to DC to introduce America to our favorite games. Read how it went!
Essays and Commentary
We're often asked to comment upon the benefits kids get through unsupervised, ad hoc play. Here, we address the evaporation of such activity in modern times
Streetplay Cineplex
Throw some popcorn in the microwave, grab a jumbo-sized soda and watch street games in motion right on your computer!
Streetplay Links
Maybe we're not Google, but we take a shot at listing some of our favorite play-related websites here.

Featured game: Hopscotch

Hopscotch is one of the many games we cover in The Games section.

Bernie DeKoven's Junklog
Junkyard Sports site syndication

Wicketball
Wicketball (http: wicketball.squarespace.com welcome ) is kind of like golf, only instead of a hole, you have a large wicket, and instead of a golf ball,...

Extreme Recycling - cont'd
Tony Hall, whose father was featured in our article on [Extreme Recycling], recently sent me this link (http: uk.youtube.com watch?v=w2VNdDV6Vzo) to...

Treasure Hunt in Central London
We received the following annoucement from Dr. Robert Paul. It sounded like fun: Energetic couples pairs sought for amusing‘n’unique outdoor...

A Brief History of Bottle Trees
The Recycled Plastic Bottle Tree Hangings of Russia (http: www.deepfun.com 2007 10 recycled-plastic-bottle-tree-hangings.html), but of a reportedly totally...

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