Sunday, March 18, 2012

What if: Sydenham

What if: Sydenham

what if: sydenham

The ideas simple.

  1. Take a photo of a run-down or unused shop-front where you live.
  2. Give it a digital refurb.
  3. Present to shop owner, potential developers, or local council.

From the what if? website:

If one shop, business, bench or sign is improved due to the work we are showing in here, then we will consider it a success.

(before) Craft Shoe Repairs

(after) Billings Quality Fishmonger & Butcher

(before) Sydenham cinema

(after) Sydenham Picture Palace

Its a lot better than doing nothing, one way to improve your local neighbourhood, and something I plan to do for my hometown Bangor.

what if: sydenham, designed by Good People.

Great idea.

Update:

I did the same thing for a local park with an idea to improve it. The local council listened and gave us funding. We now have... [via David Airey]

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