My neighbours love to party on the street

Deniz Huseyin celebrates creating a car-free street, if just for one afternoon

Besides bringing together neighbours, street parties show what life might be like in a less car-dominated world. The street where I live in Walthamstow, north-east London, staged a party on 6 September, and no sooner had the road been closed to traffic, children emerged from their homes to play and mingle, as though they had been set free. 

Waltham Forest council has been funding street parties since 2012 when events were held to mark the London Olympics and the Diamond Jubilee. Waltham...

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