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Together with Smithsonian's National Zoo, the DC Promise Neighborhood Initiative (DCPNI) transformed an isolated, low-income neighborhood into an animal-lovers paradise. Animal Tracks gives kids and adults alike the opportunity to learn about animals—what they look, feel and sound like—as they make their way to and from the Kenilworth Courts Community Center.

Goodbye boring commute! BUSt! Boredom offers Lexington, Kentucky, transit riders access to visual art installations and creative programming during their wait for the bus.

To transform a section of a broken sidewalk in Detroit's Brightmoor community into an illuminated running, play, and exercise track. The track will have a custom-designed r ...

Bronx Steps 2 Health: Pathway of Play activates the South Bronx's step streets with colorful public art that invites play, promotes physical activity and sparks social interaction.

Camino a Jugar, or Path to Play, was a project implemented by the City of Morgan Hill, CA to enhance and revitalize their downtown. By creating playful and artistic crosswa ...

Knoxville Slides takes advantage of the city’s hilly landscape to promote exercise through play.

Giant Adirondack chairs greeted kids and families as they walked into parks in Redwood City. The 7 foot tall, 175 pound chairs marked pop-up play days in the park, which al ...

GovPorch reimagines the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center Plaza as a fun space where low income kids and their families can spend time and exercise their active minds, bodies and souls.

The Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Center transformed the public sidewalk in front of their center by adding asphalt games, signs and a public chalk walk. The center is also h ...

iPlay MIAMI Streets transforms dead-end streets in Miami’s low-income, urban communities into old-fashioned fun.

The JUMP Playspace uses murals and games to turn a bare, uninviting gateway in Decatur, Georgia, into a dedicated space for creativity and play.

Kit of Parks delivers play in less than 5 minutes to low income families in Boston.

The City of Richmond (COR), Richmond Art Center (RAC), The Trust for Public Land (TPL), & area residents will partner together to paint interactive games & artwork ...

A busy bus stop on a barren landscape is transformed into a fun, exciting space for low income kids and their families.

In partnership with downtown Vallejo's first grocery store, the Vallejo Community Arts Foundation transformed unused space in front of the store into a playful, kid-sized m ...

OX4D takes informal play to the next level at a public housing community in Houston, Texas.

Design firm Our City created a three-day fair in front of the city hall in downtown Oakland with 12 playful projects. Each project was conceived and created by members of t ...

Perma-PlayStreets will encourage kids in South Chicago to make play, every day. Our strategy is rooted in the community and combines intentional process, strategic location ...

The Playful Walking School Buses program, led by Safe Routes to School, infuses "play on the way" opportunities for several existing walking school bus routes. A Play As Yo ...

Rail Trail Symphony is a colorful installation of musical instruments that encourages collaborative jam sessions with neighbors along a busy corridor.

Sand Zone!, hosted and created by the Habitot Children's Museum, transformed a 3,600 square foot parking lot into a pop-up play space featuring a giant sandbox, interactive ...

Music and play invigorate a busy–yet dreary–path in the Lower Ninth Ward.

Repurposed cigarette stands offer play opportunities near barber shops and salons for low-income neighborhoods in Richmond, Virginia.

Installations targeting low-income populations in West Philadelphia foster family and neighborhood cohesion by bringing educational opportunities into community spaces.

The Yellow Brick Road is a play street that is as practical as it is magical. With small playspaces scattered throughout, it's a fun way for kids to travel between parks, s ...