Halloween on Franklin Street
halloween franklin street yearly tradition chapel hill north carolina encompasses massive gathering franklin street cultural hub town halloween celebration began early considerably smaller event involving chapel hill resident college student university north carolina attendee event dress creative halloween costume walk franklin street celebrating holiday since beginning event grown size every year although sponsored town chapel hill celebration become attraction visitor across south estimated people converged franklin street event chapel hill estimated population listed census evidence number people make trip chapel hill attend size celebration town chapel hill close franklin street vehicular traffic prohibits parking anywhere near downtown along big crowd come safety issue biggest concern alcohol poisoning gangrelated violence deal issue hundred police officer patrol downtown area throughout entire night approximately police officer deployed franklin street ensure nothing got hand town chapel hill implemented new measure attempt cut size halloween celebration action dubbed homegrown halloween reduce crowd size discourage people town come chapel hill shuttle service formerly transported people park ride lot franklin street shut result chapel hill effort showed people showed event among alternative traditional franklin street celebration halloweenthemed planetarium show morehead planetarium science center include two version scareolina sky one family schoolage child one adult older teen planetarium close midafternoon halloween adjacent parking lot becomes staging area public safety vehicle serving franklin street nighttime celebration town chapel hill one biggest concern event safety crowd people security measure difficult implement two biggest issue binge drinking gangrelated activity although celebration townsponsored event average official call around law enforcement officer control crowd patrol street celebration along new security measure official required bar restaurant downtown area stop selling alcohol close door another action taken town official meant help curb drinking requiring bar downtown area charge patron fivedollar cover charge get police began clearing street midnight made five arrest throughout event thirteen arrest celebration paint glass bottle firework cooler animal fake weapon part costume one popular element halloween franklin street originality costume attendee people attend event including many student university north carolina chapel hill strive unusual costume possible notable costume celebration included joker popular batman movie dark knight tetristhemed group costume according uncbased student newspaper daily tar heel student halloween opportunity express creativity become different person one night