The Sidewalk Ballet Field Guide

The Sidewalk Ballet Field Guide is a growing collection of people, organizations, projects, books, ideas and ongoing conversations about cities and the people who shape them. It grows out of the podcast, but extends well beyond it—connecting the people doing the work, the places where it’s happening, and the ideas, experiments and resources worth carrying forward. Think of it as part reference library, part trail of breadcrumbs: a way to follow the conversation wherever it leads.

Explore by type, browse alphabetically or by date, or search for something specific. Follow the tags to discover connections—or explore the map to see where the people, projects and ideas in the Field Guide take us.

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Glitter

Glitter is a Philadelphia-based neighborhood cleaning service that lets neighbors pool resources to care for their block—creating local jobs while experimenting with where individual, collective, and municipal responsibility for public space meet.

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Fighting for Space in Mexico City:

Verónica Crossa examines street vending and the struggle over public space in Mexico City, asking what happens when efforts to regulate and “improve” the city collide with the livelihoods and everyday practices of the people already using its streets.

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SF Slow - Janes Walk SF

SF Slow is a Jane’s Walk created by BIG Creative exploring the ways San Francisco tells its story through streets, buildings, public spaces, memory, and change. Part walking tour and part conversation, it invites participants to slow down and read the city together.

Chip Chip 4/13/26 Chip Chip 4/13/26

tamika l. butler

tamika l. butler (she/her or they/them) is a doctoral student in Urban Planning at UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs. Her research employs a critical race, historical, legal, and policy-based approach to examine how transportation policy and infrastructure have been used to segregate, isolate, and prevent the mobility of Black and other historically oppressed groups of people.