20 things you can do on the high street without shopping

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20 things you could do in the high street without shopping

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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.

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20 things you could do in the

high street without shopping

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1 make it a canvas

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2 celebrate local

talent

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3 hold a festival

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4 tell a story

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5 make space to

play

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6 explore your

history

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7 green your public

space

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8 turn waste into

opportunity

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9 meet someone

new

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10 find a space to

work

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11 learn a new skill

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12 make something

original

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13 freecycle your

clutter

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14 make space to

protest

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15 rediscover the

agora

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16 plan your town

centre

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17 find somewhere

to live

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18 put perennials in

the potholes

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19 occupy empty

spaces

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20 watch the world

go by

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‘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.’

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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