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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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Donald Jefferes artwork
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Some of the best street-themed artwork

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, Extreme Streetplay, Donald Jefferes presents his vision of when the street gets a liitle out of control. If you decide to do any of these things, get your head examined.

Featured articles


Willie Mays MLB All-Star Event
In the summer of 2008, Major League Baseball decided to hold its annual All-Star game in Yankee Stadium one last time. Willie Mays was invited to his old stickball stomping grounds to celebrate; take a look at our coverage.


Contest winners: Early memories
We asked our readers what the very first thing they could remember was. It's amazing what people came up with.


Streeplay photos: Sidewalks
Pictures of the gaming gridwork that is the sidewalk, including some of the games you can play on them.


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


Member spotlight: Bearsy
A lot of our readers have shared their stories with us first-hand in our Member Spotlight section. Here, Bearsy tells us about how much it hurts to run into a Buick during a stickball game.


Stickball in Afghanistan
We're pretty sure this is a first. Stickball was played in the summer of 2004 by some American soldiers who are stationed at a firebase in Gardez, and we helped. If you think you've had to play on tough fields, read this!
 

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 Video!
    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: Stickball

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

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Sport Pong
Sportpong (http: sportpong.com sp ?lang=en) is an interactive physical computer game. The field is projected on the floor, two or more players...

Junkyard Games
Junkyard Games (http: www.hrdqstore.com Junkyard-Games_c_413.html?AffId=42), an innovation simulation based on my variously named Found Object Tabletop...

Soccette and Cuju, too
Cuju (http: soccette.com cuju.htm) is yet another soccer-like sport, featuring yet another innovation - a volleyball net with a hole in the...

Takraw a.k.a. Volleyball/Soccer
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Andyball
certifiably (http: www.patriotledger.com sports x497953106 Andyball-The-home-grown-sport-that-could) sportly sport, with teams and leagues and stats and...

See more in the Junkyard Sports section




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