Presentation is from Park Pride's 15th Annual Parks and Greenspace Conference. The speaker is Alex Gilliam. Children discover the world around them by banging, building and knocking down things. If this is the fundamental way we learn to explore our environment, why is it that as we grow older, building "ends"?

1. 7 years ago 13
people were sitting
in a room, struggling
to imagine the future
of a not so hidden
Texas park.

2. HowDoYouKnowIf
YouHaven’tTried?

3. WallerCreekIsFor
LoversAction&
AdventureSociety.

6. BUILDINGISCONVERSATION.

14. @publicworkshop
alex@publicworkshop.us

40. Probably the only
phone call you want
on a Saturday
morning at 7:30.

41. This is Will.

54. AGENTSOFCHANGE.

61. ‘BEING AROUND DIFFERENT PEOPLE
THAT I DIDN’T KNOW GAVE ME
CONFIDENCE. TRUSTING PEOPLE I
DIDN’T KNOW, GAVE ME CONFIDENCE.
IT GAVE ME ENOUGH CONFIDENCE TO
GO TALK TO THE BUILDING MANAGER.’

64. ‘As Soon As I Saw It, I Wanted ‘Parts.’

65. WHYINTHE
WORLDDOES
THISWORK?

66. PENINMOUTHPICTURE.

67. THISISLEARNING.

71. Building reminds us
of the behaviors that
we have forgotten.

73. DOESN’TTHISFEELGOOD?

80. WHATIFTHISWASYOURCOMMUNITYMEETING?

81. PUBLICSPACEISTHE
ORIGINALINTERNET.

82. BUILDINGISTHE
CONVERSATION.

86. ‘They are actually
doing something,
not just talking.’

87. ACTIONISCONTAGIOUSTOO.

93. GROWCULTURES
OFGREATNESS.

94. Can play make
our streets and
neighborhoods
healthier?

95. POOP!

128. THEREARE1000’SOF
OPPORTUNITIESLIKETHIS.

129. GROWCULTURESOF
GREATNESS.
GROWCULTURES
OFGREATNESS.

133. This Could Happen
Anywhere. We Just
Have To Expect More.

135. DA’ASHAY.

136. THANKYOU.
@publicworkshop
alex@publicworkshop.us