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HALIFAX – <\/strong>It all began on twitter<\/a>. Who knew the internet phenom that limits verbosity to simple, codified one-liners\u00a0could spur the transformation of an actual, real, living (well, floundering) downtown street?<\/p>\n

Well, all those social media folks, that’s who. But twitter was just the twigger. Those same folks helped to bring the conversation on the uncertain future of Barrington Street \u2014 dubbed ‘Barrington 2010’ \u2014 from virtual to empirical and back again at\u00a0Halifax’s ChangeCamp<\/a> this Saturday, Dec 5th at\u00a0The Hub<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The basic premise of ChangeCamp is to engage public participation and collaboration around the challenges impacting our communities through an open, participatory event format that\u00a0combines ‘web-enabled’ elements (i.e. twitter<\/a> and wiki<\/a> pages) with face-to-face discussion. Halifax joins a host of Canadian cities that have held similar ‘camps,’ including\u00a0Edmonton<\/a>,\u00a0Toronto<\/a>,\u00a0Ottawa<\/a> and\u00a0Vancouver<\/a> \u2014 while smaller cities like Barrie<\/a> and\u00a0Victoria<\/a>, will pitch\u00a0their own tents on the camp<\/em>site, with events in the works.<\/p>\n

Barrington 2010 was just one among 10 or 15 discussions on Saturday, which ranged from sustainable transportation to municipal reform to mobility challenges in the city. Each session was unique: some lasting just an hour, and those requiring more developed strategies \u2014 like Barrington 2010 \u2014 spanning the whole day.<\/p>\n

I stuck around with the Barrington team, inspired by The Hub’s\u00a0Joanne Macrae, who, early in the first session warned us of the gravity of the street’s decline: “we’re at the perilous edge of losing a lot in the downtown core.” This set the scene, propelling a smaller contingent to use the second morning session to take to the street, taking video, photo and audio documentation of Barrington and its various travelers. The ideas garnered on this venture were then brought back to the Hub, where the afternoon was spent developing and mapping them out, with a new initiative set forth for Halifax’s precarious downtown street.<\/p>\n

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Ideas billowed forth with the power of a Dartmouth smokestack \u2014 both from ChangeCamp attendees and from the people encountered on the street. \u00a0This included a team of students making a film about traversing Halifax via pogo stick. The ChangeCamp group seemed to concur that it was these kinds of creative, lively usages \u2014 film-making and pogo-sticking alike \u2014 that Barrington should strive to encourage.<\/p>\n

Another major theme of discussion was the slew of buildings under pending development, whose papered-up windows seem indicative of desertion and desolation \u2014 even if temporary. Of course, the most notable of these are the buildings owned by Starfish Properties<\/a>, including the historic Roy Building, and its partners on the west side of the street \u2014 former home to the well-loved Sam The Record Man, Granite Brewery and Ginger’s Tavern. Starfish recently released their plans for the western buildings<\/a>, which will house offices and ground-level commercial space, with a contemporary two-storey addition perched atop the old fa\u00e7ades. Rumour has it the Roy Building is slotted for something similar to the Drake<\/a> or Gladstone<\/a> hotels in Toronto \u2014 trendy, multi-use converted old buildings, where music, food, drink, art, and a comfortable night’s sleep can all be consumed under one roof.<\/p>\n

The blankness that now characterizes these locations, while depressing to some, for others provides a canvas for creativity. Arguably the most memorable of this year’s Nocturne installations took place in these storefronts<\/a> \u2014 quirky living mannequins occupied the Roy Building’s display in Genuine Leather<\/em>, while\u00a0a projection of ocean waves onto the old Sam’s and Dooley’s windows captivated Haligonians in\u00a0Tide’s Comin’ In…. <\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em>These examples resonated with the Barrington 2010 group, overflowing with ideas for further arts installations, projections, and flash gallery exhibits that could potentially occupy the windows. One of these ideas now under pursuit is a live-stream projection displaying downtown street-life in other cities around the world.<\/p>\n

Projects like these would challenge Starfish to live up to their rather apt slogan: “Our properties. Your space.”<\/p>\n

The group also took art from funky to functional, discussing how the street features Barrington lacks \u2014 bike racks, street benches, etc. \u2014 could be seen as an opportunity to connect to Halifax’s vibrant arts and design communities through design competitions.<\/p>\n

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This kind of activity wasn’t limited to professional designers, however, as the group discussed interactive workshops where community members could come together to design, build, and decorate street furniture and other functional and\/or fun items. Also potentially taking place in some of the empty street-level storefronts, such events would garner numerous benefits: creating real, useful stuff for the city; (re)connecting people with Barrington; and engaging passersby. \u00a0\u201cYou\u2019re building a building out of lego, you\u2019re building a bike rack,” said Macrae. “And with those big windows people walking by will be drawn in.\u201d<\/p>\n

These kinds of fun, populist ideas didn’t end there. Games, sports, scavenger hunts, and friendly competitions were proposed, including snowball fights, capture the flag, and sandcastle building. Some of these may become incorporated into a kind of Halifax ‘winter games,’ scheduled for the new year.<\/p>\n

With developments pending and HRMbyDesign’s goals for Barrington yet unrealized<\/a>, small initiatives like these could have real impacts in keeping the downtown alive in the interim.\u00a0A calendar of potential events is in the works, with some of the projects already underway.<\/p>\n

Interested in contributing your own ideas, thoughts, art, skills, networks, and\/or energy to Barrington 2010? The next meeting will be held on Friday, January 9th, 1-4pm a The Hub. In the meantime, the conversation continues online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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