 and Samir Faraq, founder of Staten Island's Museum of Maritime Navigation Communication and collector of forgotten maritime paraphernalia. Children playing a traditional game on the streets of NYC, photographed by Martha Cooper City Lore ’s first urban folklore initiative was to document New York City street games. The City Play exhibit opened at the Museum of the City of New York in 1988, and the book, City Play was published by Rutgers University Press in 1992. In 2016, City Lore and Public Art Films released Let’s Get the Rhythm: the Life and Times of Miss Mary Mack, directed by Irene Chagall, and coproduced by Steve Zeitlin and Irene Chagall. The New York Times writes “As it swings between games and interviews, “Let’s Get the Rhythm” has a beat; its incandescent musicality brings this hand-clapping universe to life.”%DIFDELCMD < %DIFDELCMD < %%% In 1996, City Lore worked with activist Susie Tanenbaum and the Street Performers Advocacy Project to publish Know Your Rights!
<meaning-changed>  and Samir Faraq, founder of Staten Island's Museum of Maritime Navigation Communication and collector of forgotten maritime paraphernalia. Children playing a traditional game on the streets of NYC, photographed by Martha Cooper City Lore ’s first urban folklore initiative was to document New York City street games. The City Play exhibit opened at the Museum of the City of New York in 1988, and the book, City Play was published by Rutgers University Press in 1992. In 2016, City Lore and Public Art Films released Let’s Get the Rhythm: the Life and Times of Miss Mary Mack, directed by Irene Chagall, and coproduced by Steve Zeitlin and Irene Chagall. The New York Times writes “As it swings between games and interviews, “Let’s Get the Rhythm” has a beat; its incandescent musicality brings this hand-clapping universe to life.”%DIFDELCMD < %DIFDELCMD < %%% In 1996, City Lore worked with activist Susie Tanenbaum and the Street Performers Advocacy Project to publish Know Your Rights!
 and Samir Faraq, founder of Staten Island's Museum of Maritime Navigation %DIFDELCMD < %DIFDELCMD < %%% In 1996, City Lore worked with activist Susie Tanenbaum and the Street Performers Advocacy Project to publish Know Your Rights!