chalkgamearchive
/ˈtʃɔːkˈɡeɪmˈɑːkaɪv/nounVerified NewAlso in: Kreidearchiv (Deutsch) · tizarchivo (Español) · craichives (Français)
The pavement's record of hopscotch grids, murals, and one chess board that never finished.
The chalkgamearchive survives until rain, which is its curator. Each grid is drawn to slightly different rules, and the rules are argued at the grid. The archive documents the street's children better than any photograph, and it is renewed daily, in chalk, by hand.
Etym. — chalk game + archive — the pavement's museum of play.
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