This study employs different research and analysis methods to examine the built environment, politics, community and institutions of Tufello, a peripheral neighborhood of Rome. Through archival research, statistical analysis, formal and informal interviews, mapping activities, timed observations of selected spaces, workshops with children and teenagers, our team attempts to understand Tufello through the lens of child- and aged friendliness. More specifically, we pay attention to how the neighborhood’s history and institutions respond to issues which disproportionately affect these age groups.