### Problem
>Just as an individual person dreams fantastic happenings to release the inner forces which cannot be encompassed by ordinary events, so, too, a city needs its dreams.

### Solution
>Set aside some part of town as a carnival—mad sideshows, tournaments, acts, displays, competitions, dancing, music, street theater, clowns, freak events, which allow people to reveal their madness; weave a wide pedestrian street through this area; run booths along the street, narrow alleys; at one end an outdoor theater; perhaps connect the theater stage directly to the carnival street, so the two spill into and feed one another.

### Related Patterns
... once in a while, in a subculture which is particularly open to it, a promenade may break into a wilder rhythm - [[Promenade (31)]], [[Night Life (33)]] - and perhaps every promenade may have a touch of this.

Dancing in the street, food stands, an outdoor room or two, a square where the theater is, and tents and canvas will all help to make it even livelier - [[Small Public Squares (61)]], [[Dancing in the Street (63)]], [[Public Outdoor Room (69)]], [[Food Stands (93)]], [[Pedestrian Street (100)]], [[Canvas Roofs (244)]] ... 

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> [!cite]- Alexander, Christopher. _A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction_. Oxford University Press, 1977, p. 298.
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