Lem James The Micro-Placemakers: How Small Concrete Games Create Big Community Moments Intergenerational Play, Pocket Park Activations, and the Rise of Outdoor Community Centers Public spaces don’t come alive because they’re large. They come alive because they’re loved. A bench can invi... Dec 10, 2025 Our blog
Lem James Placemaking With Play: How Concrete Games Turn Public Spaces Into Thriving Community Hubs A research-backed guide for cities, landscape architects, parks & recreation, multifamily communities, schools, and placemaking professionals Public spaces succeed for one reason: people want to be th... Dec 4, 2025 Our blog
Lem James The Ultimate Guide to Concrete Outdoor Foosball Tables Built for Parks, Schools, Apartments, HOAs, Resorts the Modern Outdoor World Foosball has a way of turning strangers into teammates and quiet spaces into lively ones. Everyone knows the sound — that c... Nov 30, 2025 Our blog
Lem James The Ultimate Guide to Outdoor Concrete Cornhole Boards Permanent Play for Parks, Apartments, Resorts & Public Spaces Cornhole has followed me across America — from backyard cookouts in Oregon to late-night tournaments at campgrounds, to hotel pool decks i... Nov 26, 2025 Our blog
Lem James The Ultimate Guide to Outdoor Ping Pong Tables Ping pong has followed me through every season of life — from scrappy basement games in Portland to late-night tournaments in Seattle youth rooms, to rooftop rallies, BBQ joint challenges, airplane-ha... Nov 24, 2025
Stone Age How Do You Design an Outdoor Concrete Chess Table? Outdoor chess table design blends art, engineering, and a bit of strategy, the same kind of planning that wins chess games. Whether you’re creating a small corner for friendly matches in a city park o... Nov 20, 2025 Our blog
Stone Age Are Permanent Outdoor Cornhole Boards a Good Idea? There’s something timeless about a friendly game of cornhole. Whether it’s a neighborhood barbecue, a park picnic, or a resort gathering, that satisfying thunk of a perfectly tossed bag never fails to... Nov 20, 2025 Our blog
Lem James Joy We Will Never See: How Stone Age Outdoor Concrete Games Shape Parks, Campgrounds, and Cities Across America I’ve spent most of my life chasing ping pong tables. Basement tables. Camp-lodge tables. YMCA tables. Rooftop tables. BBQ joints and church youth rooms. I’ve played in school gyms, airplane hangars, n... Nov 18, 2025 Our blog
Lem James Concrete Games in the Middle East: Play, Prestige, and Permanence in Doha and Beyond A New Era of Play in the Middle East Across the Middle East, design excellence and social connection are merging in breathtaking ways. Cities like Doha, Dubai, and Riyadh are re-imagining public life,... Concrete Foosball Tables Concrete Ping Pong Tables Park Improvement Nov 7, 2025
Lem James The Ultimate Guide to Outdoor Concrete Games: Built for Generations of Play. The Ultimate Guide to Outdoor Concrete Games Public play is one of the oldest forms of community design. When laughter fills a courtyard or families gather around a ping pong table, a space becomes mo... Nov 5, 2025 Our blog
Lem James Kids, Ping Pong, and Public Health: What Three New Studies Say—and Why Concrete Tables in Parks and Schools Matter By Lem James Stone Age Concrete Games, October 2025 Table tennis—better known as ping pong—isn’t just a rainy-day pastime. A growing body of research suggests it’s a compact, low-cost way to boost kid... Oct 14, 2025
Lem James Florida Resorting to New Hip Amenities That LAST in Florida Sun, Wind and Rain Sunshine, Play, and Lasting Fun: Why Concrete Games Work So Well at Florida Resorts When you run a resort in Central Florida, you know one thing for sure — people come here to be outside. The sunshine... Concrete Cornhole Boards Concrete Foosball Tables Concrete Ping Pong Tables Florida Florida resorts Kissamee Miami Resort Games Oct 12, 2025 Our Blog