Primary Research Collection.

We were going to base our research on Boar Street as a result of the secondary research we had carried out; mainly due to high density of the empty shops in this area. However, when we got to Boar Street we found that this area was not as 'run down' as we had expected ...so we walked a little further and came across 'The Calls'. This area is perfect for our project as there are many empty shops and it is a widely used street.

We managed to get a shot of the inside of this building......

We stood around gathering research between 12.15 and 12.45 collecting various pieces of data.

We put up our posters on the building for people to fill in.

In the time that we were there, we found:

A table recording how many people passed by the area on a Tuesday lunch time,

           

Men		Women
18-29	51	18-29	30
30-50	28	30-50	21
50+	21	50+	12

3:2 Ratio of men to women walking past

Occupied buildings – 13

Unoccupied buildings – 9

41% Unoccupied

Between 12:40 and 12:50 – 48 cars drove past.

All available roadside parking was limited and expensive, one way street.


One comment we received upon talking to the public was quite interesting.....

“Preserve the building for the future, if a school or something else is needed then the structure is already there. Its horrible to look at but if it was refurbished it would be better.”