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the street you think you know

Eight passes over the same few hundred metres — the trees, the cats, what's under the tarmac, who's still awake at midnight, what the oldest shop has watched leave. Starts with you drawing it from memory; ends with you mailing it to someone as a postcard.

What’s in this lineup

  1. 01
    Draw your neighbourhood from memory. Then walk it and grade yourself
    With your hands · 45 min
  2. 02
    Put a name to every tree on your street
    Out the door · 1 hour
  3. 03
    Take a one-hour census of the neighbourhood cats
    Out the door · 1 hour
  4. 04
    Walk your street at midnight and count what's still awake
    After dark · 30 min
  5. 05
    Find out what's buried under your street
    Out the door · 1 hour
  6. 06
    Find the oldest building in your neighbourhood
    Out the door · 45 min
  7. 07
    Find the oldest shop on your street. Ask the owner what's gone
    Say hi · 30 min
  8. 08
    Turn your street into a postcard and actually mail it
    With your hands · 45 min