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Carnival

Opening context:
Promenade, Night Life

Conflict

Just as an individual person dreams fantastic dreams fantastic happenings to release the inner forces which cannot be encompassed by ordinary events, so too a city needs its dreams.

Resolution

Set aside some part of the town as a carnival — mad side-shows, tournaments, acts, displays, competitions, dancing, music, street theatre, clowns, freak events, which allow people to reveal their madness; weave a wide pedestrian street through this area; run booths along the street, narrow alleys; at one end an outdoor theatre; perhaps connect the theatre stage directly to the carnival street, so the two spill into and feed one another.

Closing context:
Small Public Squares, Dancing in the Street, Public Outdoor Room, Food Stands, Pedestrian Street