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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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Martha Cooper photography
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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, Kids with Wheels, Martha Cooper spans the globe to bring us the fun of kids playing around with round objects made to go zoom-zoom.

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: Johnny on the Pony
The classic game of kids jumping on each other's backs to see how much they can take before they break.


Streeplay photos: Walls
A collection of general photography featuring walls and the games we play with them.


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


Member spotlight: Ira Mevorah
A lot of our readers have shared their stories with us first-hand in our Member Spotlight section. Here, Ira Mevorah tells us about his glory days on the Rochdale Village Athletic League football team.

Streetplay humor
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 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: Stoopball

Stoopball
Stoopball is one of the many games we cover in The Games section.
Bernie DeKoven's Junklog
Junkyard Sports site syndication

DIY Soccer
From our friends-in-spirit at Afrigadget (http: www.afrigadget.com 2009 06 15 football-handmade-in-south-africa ) , here's how to make your own soccer...

Underwater Hockey
Underwater Hockey, according to the Wikkipedia (http: en.wikipedia.org wiki Underwater_hockey), is apparently a new sport one can take quite seriously....

Junkyard Sports reaches Germany
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Junkyard Golf at Southwest - cont'd
A recent post on the Southwest Airlines blog, Nuts About Southwest, features a story about Junkyard Golf (http: www.blogsouthwest.com blog one-mans-trash-another-mans-golf-game)....

Welcome to Junkyard Sports!
Kid Scoop (http: www.junkyardsports.com media junk-kidscoop.pdf) and Family Fun Magazine (http: familyfun.go.com games healthy-fun feature ff0707-create-your-own-games...

See more in the Junkyard Sports section

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