Playbuild

Playbuild PlayBuild NOLA is a non-profit venture established in 2012. We transform under-utilized urban spaces

PlayBuild NOLA = A neighborhood destination + advocacy for a better more child-friendly New Orleans.

2828 Thalia Street is our neighborhood hub featuring after-school activities during the week, weekend family gatherings and holiday events, and seasonal camps. Note that as of April 2022, Thalia Street is currently closed due to fire damage. Since 2018 PlayBuild has worked alongside a network of c

itywide leaders to advocate for increased investment and improvements to community infrastructure throughout the City. In 2019 working in collaboration with Arup, the Tulane School of Architecture and the Mayor's Office of Youth and Families, we produced Goals for Child-Friendly New Orleans, a call-to-action for improved safe mobility options and more resilient social infrastructure for NOLA kids and their caregivers.

Join us this weekend for back-to-back pop-up play events.On Saturday, June 6th we'll be out at BLERDFest - the Gulf Coas...
06/02/2026

Join us this weekend for back-to-back pop-up play events.

On Saturday, June 6th we'll be out at BLERDFest - the Gulf Coast's first and only festival of Black Creativity! Join us at McDonogh 35. Bonus points if you come out in a PlayBuild-inspired costume!

And on Sunday, we'll be in our usual spot on the Claiborne Corridor with our Imagination Station and Big Blue Blocks for an afternoon of family-friendly fun, food, and music in celebration of Caribbean Fete!

Check out our Events page for more details. We'd love to see you there.

Thank you to everyone who showed up for PlayBuild today! We are humbled and deeply gracious.THANK YOU FOR LOVING OUR BL...
05/06/2026

Thank you to everyone who showed up for PlayBuild today! We are humbled and deeply gracious.

THANK YOU FOR LOVING OUR BLOCK!





For the Love of the Block, your gift goes twice as far today.A PlayBuild advisory board member is matching every GiveNOL...
05/05/2026

For the Love of the Block, your gift goes twice as far today.

A PlayBuild advisory board member is matching every GiveNOLA Day donation dollar-for-dollar up to $6,000. That means more community-led design collaborations, more neighborhood clean-up days, more field trips, and more pop-up play activities at our Central City space and our satellite location in Claiborne.

Give now to support stipends for the community residents who power these events and help us inspire minds block by block!

DONATION LINK HERE: https://www.givenola.org/organization/Playbuild




We're excited to announce MATCH FUNDING for this year's GiveNOLA campaign.A long-time PlayBuild supporter has committed ...
05/04/2026

We're excited to announce MATCH FUNDING for this year's GiveNOLA campaign.

A long-time PlayBuild supporter has committed to match up to $6K of donations.

Dollar for dollar, your funds will be doubled, with the matching funds allocated to support stipends for our neighborhood volunteers!






At PlayBuild, everything we do starts with a simple idea: when community members come together to build, play, and learn, a block becomes something more. This GiveNOLA Day, we’re inviting you to give For the Love of the Block. And we're thrilled to share that between now and midnight on May 5th y...

Three more sleeps until GiveNOLA Day, but we're already off to a great start with Early Giving, and over $500 in donatio...
05/02/2026

Three more sleeps until GiveNOLA Day, but we're already off to a great start with Early Giving, and over $500 in donations!

If you haven't made your contribution, please click the link below and show your support!

https://www.givenola.org/organization/Playbuild

HAPPENING NOW: Join us under the bridge for ! In collaboration with our friends and partners at Claiborne Corridor Cul...
04/18/2026

HAPPENING NOW: Join us under the bridge for !

In collaboration with our friends and partners at Claiborne Corridor Cultural Innovation District, we are celebrating healthy eating with cooking demonstrations, food trucks, and local vendors.

You can find us in our usual spot at the end of the opposite Lemann Playground.

We'll be out until 4 pm today. Won't you join us?




Congo Square Rhythms festival weekend was a whole vibe! From the spectacular Saturday weather that brought so many kids...
03/31/2026

Congo Square Rhythms festival weekend was a whole vibe! From the spectacular Saturday weather that brought so many kids and families out to Armstrong Park, to Sunday when we welcomed so many friends who came out to build and play with us.

We are continually grateful to New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation for the invitation to be part of the Kids Experience at the Armstrong Park festivals.




As we close out the year we are grateful for the partnership and collaboration of an incredible network of organizations...
12/31/2025

As we close out the year we are grateful for the partnership and collaboration of an incredible network of organizations and individuals - old and new - who continue to enable our impact in New Orleans. We are proud to highlight them here in our 2025 yearbook.

Our work continues because of your support and generosity. Please consider a tax-deductible year-end gift to sustain our efforts and help us continue to build the future for New Orleans' youth.

With gratitude: New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, NetWork Volunteers, Outreach Tulane, Community Works, Rachel Levy Designs, WWLTV, Great Day Louisiana.

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