Tag: play streets

July 7, 2015

75 neighborhoods turn boring streets into Play Streets, city renews program pilot

There is only one space that truly connects every home on a block: The street. For a generation or two, most streets have been surrendered to the movement and storage of cars. Kids are taught to be afraid of streets and to stay out, as though there were an alligator pit between them and their…
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tagged: play streets, public space management program, sdot
August 21, 2014

Streets are for playing: Hopscotch CD is Saturday + Organize a Play Street in your neighborhood

The first Hopscotch CD might have been the smiliest day ever in any neighborhood in Seattle ever (see photos here). Everyday streets were transformed into a neighborhood-wide community party, with people of all ages hopping past their neighbors’ homes in a very long hopscotch course. Seriously, that’s it. The brain child of Knox Gardner of…
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tagged: hopscotch cd, jackson commons, knox gardner, play streets
May 30, 2014

Seattle tries out first play street in Madrona, seeks other areas for pilot program

Seattle is experimenting with its first ever play street right now as I’m writing this story. It’s up in Madrona as part of St. Therese Catholic Academy’s field day. It will be open Friday from 8:45 a.m. until 3 p.m. What is a play street, you ask? Essentially, it’s a brilliantly simple way to temporarily…
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tagged: madrona, play streets, sdot, st. therese catholic academy