20 things you can do on the high street without shopping
DESCRIPTION
As retail uses shrink in our town centres and empty spaces open up, what could you do to create social spaces that bring new people in? This presentation, produced for Architecture + Design Scotland, shows some of the things people are already beginning to do. See my other presentations on high streets for the wider thinking behind this.TRANSCRIPT
20 things you could do in the
high street without shopping
1 make it a canvas
2 celebrate local
talent
3 hold a festival
4 tell a story
5 make space to
play
6 explore your
history
7 green your public
space
8 turn waste into
opportunity
9 meet someone
new
10 find a space to
work
11 learn a new skill
12 make something
original
13 freecycle your
clutter
14 make space to
protest
15 rediscover the
agora
16 plan your town
centre
17 find somewhere
to live
18 put perennials in
the potholes
19 occupy empty
spaces
20 watch the world
go by
‘High streets and town centres that are fit for the 21st century need to be multifunctional social centres,
not simply competitors for stretched consumers. They must
offer irresistible opportunities and experiences that do not exist elsewhere, are rooted in the
interests and needs of local people, and will meet the demands of a
rapidly changing world.’
Find out more Download our 21st Century Agora
paperSee other presentations on
Slideshare Check out the Revive Our Town
Centres forum Read ‘seven steps from ghost town
to host town’
pictur! cr!dits
1 Heather Cowper/ heatheronhertravels.com
2 IrenicRhonda
3 Robin Byles
4 Graphic Reality
5 David Elliott
8 Jasper Nance
9 Dan/ bhamsandwich
10 Ed Yourdon
11 Toban Black
12 Amber Karnes
13 Shazz Mack
14 Krawallmadchen
15 Howard Lake - www.flickr.com/photos/howardlake/
16 chatsworthroade5.co.uk
17 @monkeybanjo
18 the pothole gardener
19 Keith Bloomfield
20 Ed Yourdon
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