Sunday, April 21, 2013

20 ft Wide Alley Activation Update II

Movability Austin pop-up breakfast in the alley for downtown commuters
20 ft Wide--Austin's downtown alley activation project--wrapped up today. I have written about this exciting project in other blog posts here. Hundreds of people of all ages visited the alley at Brazos/Congress/9th over the past five days to see the alley transformed into a vibrant public space, including: an art gallery, a Pecha Kucha stage, an outdoor dining spot; a gathering space for meetings, a contemplative place to read the paper, and and an artistic playground for children. The alley became a treasured public place, a place to visit and linger in, to rest and play in, while taking in the alley's sights and sounds. Here are pictures from some of the Friday and Saturday alley events. I'll post pics from the Wednesday and Thursday events in a follow-up post.

Dinner in downtown Austin alley
Friday night dinner in the alley
Alley Kids Day: filled with family-friendly activities including . . . 
 
Alley Kids Day in 20 ft Wide Austin downtown alley activation project
Origami with Creative Action

Alley Kids Day in downtown Austin alley
. . .  and balloon hats

Alley Kids Day in downtown Austin alley
. . . and jugglers

. . . and hula hoopers
. . . and story time

Badger dog writing workshop in downtown Austin alley
. . . and a young author's writing workshop

. . . and acro yoga . . . and more!!!





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