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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.

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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 in Belize, Martha Cooper spans the globe to bring us the fun of kids playing around with found objects.

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: How I got money as a kid
While the amounts are smaller, the need for cash is universal, Here's how our readers said they got their pockets full.

Streeplay photos: Hanging out
Urban portraits of kids doing just about nothing out in the street.

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: Willie Blas
A lot of our readers have shared their stories with us first-hand in our Member Spotlight section. Here, Willie Blas tells us about his West Coast style self-made stickball bats.

Koncrete Kids with kites

The Koncrete Kids... flying kites!
See this installment of this Streetplay-exclusive comic strip, fresh from the high-flying mind of Donald Jefferes. This time, the kids have a fool-proof way to win a kite-flying contest--with just one kink to work out.

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: Handball

Handball

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

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Bernie DeKoven's Junklog
Junkyard Sports site syndication

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...

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...

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