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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.

Erica Stone photography

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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, Erika Stone captures boys playing in the city in this collection, one of the first we had here on Streetplay.

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.

Hanging out: Tops Season
Some street games are like fads, hot for weeks, then seemingly invisible again. Playing with tops is one such pasttime.

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: Wendy
A lot of our readers have shared their stories with us first-hand in our Member Spotlight section. Here, Wendy tells us about how she likes to do the hula-hoop.

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
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: Ace-King-Queen

Ace-King-Queen

Ace-King-Queen is one of the many games we cover in The Games section.

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Bernie DeKoven's Junklog
Junkyard Sports site syndication

Junkyard Sports for everyone
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FOR FAMILY FUN WITH A DISABILITY (http: www.disabilityliving.ca people-with-disabilities-bernie-dekoven ) The editors of Disability...

Trangleball (cont'd)
Trangleball (http: www.trangleball.com ), some eight years ago (http: www.deepfun.com fun 2003 04 trangleball ), two things have changed: the sport has...

Building a new sport for a new society
The goal is not just to create a new sport, but to create a sport that embodies certain social beliefs,...

Wicketball again
If you can kick a ball, you can play it. If you can roll a ball, throw...

Art Golf
Art Golf (http: www.becausewecan.org Portable_Miniature_Golf_Course) takes the spirit of [Junkyard Golf] and makes an art out of it. It was a project...

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