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A temporary road mural created outside the Palmerston North Convention Centre ahead of the national 2Walk&Cycle conference. The mural was a way of testing out whether signalling a more pedestrian-oriented space through creative paintings would slow traffic down or make it easier for pedestrians to cross the road. Inspired by the City Repair Intersection Painting programme in Portland, Oregon, this project was designed to be easy to implement by neighbourhoods as a placemaking tool in the future. Previous road murals in Raleigh St and Queen St have been successful, but have required some level of technical application that limit how easy it is for the community to implement themselves. The road was closed early on Saturday morning (12am-6am) 21 July 2018, with approximately eight PNCC staff painting the mural. Passers by were able to join in on the painting, with positive feedback from many. The blue is to represent the Convention Centre, and pink to represent the cherry blossoms in George Street, so the design represents the joining up of both sides of the street. Photograph taken from the first floor of the Palmerston North City Library, looking down onto Main Street. In the background can be seen the Conference and Function Centre.

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Image
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IMCA Digital Archive
Date
July 23, 2018
Digitisation ID
2018P_IMCA-DigitalMaster_025003
Format
Born Digital
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IMCA Digital Archive

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Corner of George Street and Main Street

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traffic calming,
triangles,
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