Ruth Gingiles, Frayja Elliott, Georgia Kibblewhite and Angee Nagra enjoy dining in the middle of George St. The fifth and final test run of turning Palmerston North’s George St into a pedestrian mall for a day got the thumbs-up from several retailers who opened on Monday. “There are definitely more people coming in, and some different people than usual.”Across the road, Colleen and Belinda Blair at the George St Collective said they had enjoyed seeing people rather than cars in the street. WARWICK SMITH/Stuff Aaron Jimenez, 8, and his brother Rafael Jimenez, 6, take turns in the tumbling tower block game in the middle of George St. One of the trial’s advocates, Shaun Kay, said his impression so far was that the retailers loved the experiment.

Source: Stuff April 26, 2021 03:56 UTC