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So, what's the big draw in town?
Public's choice for Briggate's future...a zoo or a roller coaster! BY ANDREW HUTCHINSON BRIGGATE might not seem the natural home of a zoo or rollercoaster – but those were just two of the ideas put down on paper by Leeds folk.
People were invited to draw their ideas for the redevelopment of one of the city centre's most famous shopping precincts.
The challenge was set by architecture degree students from Leeds Metropolitan University as part of The Big Draw, a day-long national event aimed at demonstrating how drawing connects generations and cultures.
Wildlife
Ideas for the hypothetical re-development of Lower Briggate included a zoo, a rollercoaster theme park, play area, music festival, snow park, and a "man zone" aimed at blokes who "wait while she shops."
Young Logan Osborne came up with an idea based around an environmental theme.
"There should be fewer buildings and more nature and wildlife for people to enjoy," said 13-year-old Logan, from Belle Isle in Leeds. "This area is built up too much. There seems to be lots of pigeons and rats which is very unhygienic."
The Big Draw is organised by the Campaign for Drawing which aims to remove barriers and create opportunities for people of all ages to discover that drawing can make us see, think, invent and act.
It was launched by the Guild of Saint George to celebrate the centenary of its founder, the art critic and social reformer John Ruskin.
Ruskin believed that drawing was not only a tool for making art, but also a way of helping people to see as clearly as he did.
Steven Morant, senior lecturer at Leeds Metropolitan University said: "Drawing gives us great pleasure. It is a way of recording inventions, communicating and is an international language.
"We have had a great response from the public, especially from children who seem to have loved it.
"There is a great range of ideas from people of all ages."
andrew.hutchinson@ypn.co.uk
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