Artists, families and grown-up recreants gathered in downtown Tampa Saturday to show us that we don't have to hold our breaths waiting on empty-building-hoarding landlords to revitalize a district.
Pop-ups do do the trick, and Franklin Street was abuzz with activity last weekend as a Tampa Bay Design Week event project/social installation of sorts provided a temporary place for play and mingling on a nearly vacant city street.
Pictured above is cardboard box installation by local artist Mishou Sanchez.
"We wanted to make the installation quick and easy. it is also about repetition and system … then the disintegration of those systems into something more organic," Sanchez said.
The inaugural Pop-Up Block Party was captured in a video produced by ES Creative, a video production company in downtown Tampa.
Pop-Up Design Festival Franklin Street Downtown Tampa from ES Creative Studio on Vimeo.
This article appears in Nov 6-12, 2014.