Devonport GLOW & STREET MUSIC

A lot of locals popped down to the Devonport Village on Saturday afternoon and into the evening, and on Sunday. The Devonport Business Association organised its own Auckland Art Week GLOW event where Unitec design students light installation was on display at Windsor Park over the weekend. What attracted me was the GLOW Open Street in Clarence St. Described as a tactical urbanism event inspired by a similar activity in New York’s Times Square. Clarence Street, from Victoria Rd to Wynyard St was closed to cars and the space populated by deck chairs and bean bags, buskers and other activities. (Even tennis and table tennis - turns out the tennis club got almost 30 new members from this!) And then at 6.45pm famous NZ jazz sax player Nathan Haines performed with some other bands.Those with fingers were crossed to the weather gods got what we needed. It was a cold wind - but a clear sky. My photos concentrate on Clarence Street. What a great feel. The last pic is from the GLOW event on Windsor Park. The flame dancers were amazing. A fantastic event. Many retailers were open late. Will be interesting to know whether business was brisk. Certainly the Chinese across from the music stand at Tiny Triumphs did a roaring trade (Sea Dragon). Hot chips were definitely needed. The whole place was buzzing. The restaurants were heaving. Felt like a great cultural evening in a European City (shouldn't need to say that). More please - even just closing Clarence Street and having live music....