Re-telling tales

After visiting the "Telling tales" exhibition at the Museum of Wellington, I have chosen one of the stories that I am intersted in. The srory comes from 1969 and it tells the story about Cuba street which is a popular shopping area. Starting to think about how to re-tell this story by using new form of input.

"The revenge of the pedestrian"

When Wellington's Cuba Mall opened in 1969 it was the first New Zealand street to be transformed by the removed of traffic.
Cuba street had once been a popular shopping area, but after World War II(1939-45), spreading suburbia drew people away from the central city. In 1965, the street suffered a further blow which the withdrawl of the tram service. However, while the street was closed to remove the tram tracks, retailers soon noticed that the lack of traffic was an attraction. Sales increased and letters to newspapers showed the public like the temporary pedestrian mall. The cuba street Businessmen's Association presented a petition signed by more than 5000 people to the Wellington City Council requesting that the mall become permanent. The city council agreed.
Since then the mall has been revamped twice. The prominent signs that marked each end have been removed, but the mall's most controresial feature, the Bucket Fountain, has survived, Critics detest the icon, but intrigued tourists and children love it.