A Playful City
@APlayfulCity
A Playful City is Ireland's first not for profit organisation focused on creating more playful, inclusive and engaging urban spaces, with and for communities.
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http://aplayfulcity.com 05-03-2017 22:11:42
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Prue Oswin
Active transport engineer. The person you wish had built your street because it would be a nice place to live.
Iain Roberts
Campaigner for safe, liveable towns and cities. Lib Dem, ex Stockport councillor, everyday cyclist, basketball table official. He/him. LGBTQIA+ ally.
Christoph Lindner
Interested in all things urban, global, visual, creative. Dean of The Bartlett and Professor of Urban Studies at UCL. Own views. @TheBartlettUCL @UCL
Segregation_by_Design
Using data and remastered/colorized historic photography to document the destruction of communities of color by redlining, urban renewal, and freeways
Sleep Research Society
Scientists committed to researching sleep and promoting education and training. Instagram: @researchsleep
I’d very much recommend checking out this meeting with A Playful City . Really interesting people with lots of practical vision. Well done Catherine Stocker for bringing them to Living In Marino 🌺
It’s a pretty big deal when this KEY MESSAGE is in Scientific American. It suggests a bigger tipping point. “We Need to Make Cities Less Car-Dependent: Reducing the need for car travel is better for health, the environment and public safety.” Via @SciAm
scientificamerican.com/article/we-nee…
Can a lack of access to green space impact on kids' handwriting? Sinéad McCauley Lambe DCU Institute of Education @DCU on how lack of spaces for play means children cannot develop the motor competency needed for handwriting development in school rte.ie/brainstorm/202…
'it is a mistake to give the message to children that hi-vis will protect them, when the responsibility for road safety lies with adults driving ever-larger motor vehicles such as SUVs recklessly & flouting road traffic laws.'
- Sadhbh O' Neill - 🍉End genocide now
irishtimes.com/opinion/2024/0…
“Inclusivity is a key factor in this phase: all children, regardless of their circumstances or abilities, must be given the chance to have their opinions heard & taken into account when decisions that impact on their lives are being taken.”
- Roderic O’Gorman TD
A Playful City Let's never forget that to walk to the RSA's Mayo head office, people have been forced to walk on the road as the pedestrian gates have been locked/welded shut!
The RSA hasn't even advocated for safety in their own neighbourhood! irishcycle.com/2023/10/27/roa…
⚡Kintsugi Court⚡
Artist victor solomon transformed this cracked Los Angeles concrete basketball court into a large-scale version of kintsugi by filling the cracks with gold 😍🏀
Via Architecture of Repair (2020)
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