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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 street 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, Kids at Play, Karen Bell shows us children in many different settings just having fun.

Featured articles

Contest winners: April Fools' memories
Our readers have done a lot of funny stuff on 4/1. Read the cream of the crop from our contest.

Streeplay photos: Playgrounds
Some games are taken off the street and into those fenced areas that have the swings and the monkey-bars.

A Playful World: London, England
The Playful World project documents the games and play of children from different places around the globe, in this case, London, England. 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 humor
Over the years, we've put togther quite a few projects just for laughs (like our financial statements). Check this section out and have a laugh.

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: Box baseball

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

Bernie DeKoven's Junklog
Junkyard Sports site syndication

DIY Sports on YouTube
I've been doing a bit of youtube (http: youtube.com) -scouring of late, searching for candidates for the world's first Post-Apocalympics (http:...

Racquet Bowling
Racquet Bowling (http: www.youtube.com watch?v=OmI1MLQF27Q) is not actually the name of this particular Junkyard Sport. It's called Last Game? (http:...

A Beer Can Game
They (you know who) say that kids don't even know how to make up their own games anymore nowadays. You know, what with all that homework and moms on...

Ping Pong Squash and Sky Soccer
People will tell you that the days of game invention, like those described on one of my favorite game sites, Streetplay (http: www.streetplay.com ), are...

Game with Cans
They (you know who) say that kids don't even know how to make up their own games anymore nowadays. You know, what with all that homework and moms on...

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