A Community Building Activity: Picture This!
The Picture Postcard tells a story:
the story of your town. By the images the card presents, it tells
what you were (historic buildings) and what you are (images
of the present). You, as the creator of a Picture Postcard, can influence
the way your community will look in 25 or 50 or maybe 100 years. By photographing
or sketching, create a card which documents a place, a landscape, a new
building, an old building, a street, a street sign, a landmark, a monument,
an example of good design, and YES!-even something that you don't
like.
Write a message-be creative and play the part of a tourist; be a futurist
and suggest an improvement for 2050; be a historian and express the importance
of a particular old building; be a magician and "bring back" something
which your community has destroyed or lost. Tell us why you like a certain
place, for instance, "The Santa Fe neighborhood has great tree-lined
streets, and community-making front porches. Let's create more neighborhoods
like this!" "The Power and Light Building is a landmark for the
entire city. Let's make sure its lights keep burning." "The Plaza
is unique architecturally. Can we keep it unique as a shopping experience?"
"18th & Vine-an opportunity waiting to happen. Let's enhance our
real history."
Send your postcard to the mayor, the city
planning commission, your neighborhood association. People responsible for
making your community a better place need to know who you are and
that you care!
Picture This is just one of many community-based education activities
contained in CUBE's Box City
curriculum.
