City of Play: An Architectural and Urban History of Recreation and Leisure, by Rodrigo Pérez de Arce

Catalina Pollak Williamson is impressed by a look at how urban settings have negotiated play, but finds that it leaves today’s landscape unexplored

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December 6, 2018

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December 6, 2018

Catalina Pollak Williamson

Children playing in the street

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Urban games: with the onset of modernity, play made a more tangible impression on cities than ever before

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Print headline: The playgrounds we live in

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