Where the Wild Children’s Museums Are St. Louis’ City Museum helped pioneer the idea of dangerous-looking interactive experiences for kids and their families. Now other institutions have followed suit. www.bloomberg.com/news/feat… I was always an advocate for this type of play, so-called “Big Body Play” (https://search.library.uvic.ca/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma9926254793807291&context=L&vid=01VIC_INST:01UVIC&search_scope=MyInstitution&tab=LibraryCatalog&lang=en#:~:text=%22Big%20body%20play%22%2D%2Dthe,play%20for%20young%20(read%20more)
Want Safer Neighborhoods? Invest in Libraries When library funding goes up, crime tends to go down medium.com/everylibr…
Seed Libraries Sprout Across OC voiceofoc.org/2025/07/s…
Toronto Public Library Workers Union has released a new video called The Work, " a short film about library workers, the difficulties they face and the communities they serve, at a time when libraries have become so much more than buildings full of books." youtu.be/GVLTnsXfb…
Fieldnotes: What is the Difference Between Placekeeping and Placemaking? | STEPS Public Art: stepspublicart.org/fieldnote…
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Swimmable Cities International Movement Advocates for the Right to Swim in Urban Waterways www.archdaily.com/1032074/s…
The Urbanist podcast also featured this topic monocle.com/radio/sho…