Go OakCliff! How Citizen Activists Can Remake a City!
This is not the first time that we have featured a story about the remarkable work of the Go Oak Cliff group, but this is the first TedTalk that features how their achievements were led by a few neighborhood activists. Watch the video and see if you cant draw immediate parallels to Jacksonville's historic urban districts. Fantastic video after the jump.....
Published November 1, 2012 in Urban Issues 7 Comments
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Opposite to the 'top down' concept of urban design is BETTER BLOCK, founded in Dallas' Oak Cliff by Jason Roberts and Andrew Howard. The Better Block project is a demonstration tool that temporarily re-visions an area to show the potential to create a walkable, vibrant, neighborhood center. The idea and the charrettes to realize it have quickly spread to cities like Memphis, St. Louis, New York, and Boston. National media coverage includes NPR, the Washington Post, and the New York Times.
For more community group resources check out a listing of groups like metrojacksonville and Go OakCliff!
http://www.metrojacksonville.com/forum/index.php?topic=15318.0
Also check out some of our prior coverage of Go OakCliff's do it yourself town square:
http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2010-aug-do-it-yourself-town-square-dallas-2010
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Adam W
November 01, 2012, 05:24:42 AMOak Cliff is also the birthplace of 7-Eleven. A Southland Ice Company employee started selling eggs and stuff to his customers from his ice dock and the concept of the convenience store was born.
vicupstate
November 01, 2012, 06:23:26 AMIf the people lead, the leaders will follow.
dougskiles
November 01, 2012, 08:06:31 AMThat guy is my hero! Great video.
Captain Zissou
November 01, 2012, 01:52:20 PMHILARIOUS. I'd like to see what would happen if we did some of that in Jax. Reminds me of Mike's food truck event downtown where they intentionally didn't get permits. The event was a smashing success. I'd like to do a Pop Up Mellow Mushroom this weekend at St Johns and Ingleside.
JFman00
November 01, 2012, 03:34:30 PM"Rendering fatigue". I love it, what an inspiration.
Ocklawaha
November 01, 2012, 09:44:52 PMI found this video somewhat inspiring.
Okay, how do we come up with the funds to buy a used streetcar? Anyone up for laying some track? SEE: http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2012-aug-the-electric-7-a-streetcar-proposal-on-a-shoestring
I think we could build from the Beaver Street Alignment along the old Palmetto Street rail bed up to 6Th Street between Spearing and Clark Streets.
The red line in the center of the photo lays out the first and easiest mile.
Section 11025
110 lbs. per yard
193.6 net tons per mile of track
27.3 feet of track per net ton, 14,606 Tons Total
Stock lengths 39'
Angle Bars
24" length 71.6 lbs. per pair
3,000 ties
TPatrick2013
January 09, 2013, 06:25:27 PMVery inspiring!