Reclaim The Streets Street Party
On July 13, 1996, the road was occupied by the direct action collective, Reclaim the Streets where 6,000 protestors took over part of the elevated motorway, played sound-systems and danced. Sand was placed on the motorway for young children to play on. Hidden underneath dancers walked on stilts and wore huge, wire-supported dresses, while environmental activists drilled holes in the tarmac and planted trees.
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Famous quotes containing the words streets, street and/or party:
“Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his slave, Go out at once into the streets and lanes of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’”
—Bible: New Testament, Luke 14:21.
“The street is full of humiliations to the proud.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one’s party three times a day.”
—Jean Rostand (1894–1977)