Be sure to pickup the latest copy of DWELL magazine which focuses on 99 new design ideas, people, products, and plans. The Better Block is spotlighted on page 106 alongside Vancouver’s Picnurbia, and Philadelphia’s The Porch projects.
From the Blog
San Antonio’s first Better Block Project in coordination with the City of San Antonio’s Complete Streets Initiative and Metro Health’s SiClovia was a great success. Over 80 volunteers showed up to help transform a vacant building, overly wide streets, and empty park into a thriving, active neighborhood destination. Teams built cafes, flower shops, art galleries, [...]
2011 was an incredible year for the Better Block project and we look forward to all of the new projects that are in the works for 2012. The Better Block Project is only as strong as its community partners, so the real accolades belong to those who rolled up their sleeves and helped repair their [...]
Team Better Block has been partnering with the city of Duncanville (a suburb of Dallas, Texas), to develop a series of demonstration projects that show how street space can be reallocated to enhance small business potential while creating a safer environment for pedestrians, children, and the elderly. Though Duncanville was settled in the mid-1800′s the [...]
The “Better Bridge” project in South Dallas was completed last Saturday with over one hundred in attendance including Councilmembers, local businesses, residents, and visitors. Two lanes of a four lane bridge were converted into a pedestrian and bicycle esplanade complete with lighting, landscaping, street furniture, and amenities for the community. This was the first time [...]
We’re still in the midst of our fundraising campaign for the onstreet bicycle facilities for the Trinity Trail connection project. So far, we’ve raised a portion of our overall $75,000 goal, but we still have a ways to go so please donate today. To recap, we’re raising money to connect the Katy Trail and Bishop [...]
North and South Dallas will be united on October 23rd with the community built Trinity Trail project that began this summer. The City of Dallas, the Trinity Trust, DORBA, Groundwork Dallas, the Trinity Strand and Team Better Block are asking for you to join our effort. With over nine miles of off-road trail already completed [...]
While working on the Square 67 project, the property owner Ralph Isenberg approached us about helping create a memorial to note the tenth anniversary of 9-11. At the time, I hadn’t realized that a decade had passed since that day, but it was definitely something we felt strongly about honoring. Dallas, and Oak Cliff specifically, [...]
Dave Gray, trail cutter extraordinaire A few weeks ago, Councilwoman Angela Hunt contacted us at Team Better Block to find out ways we could develop some “quick win” opportunities that would allow pedestrians and cyclists closer access to the Trinity river, all while linking the southern terminus of the Katy Trail (at the American Airlines Center) to the Bishop Arts District. [...]
After wrapping up the Ross Boulevard challenge, we’ve kept ourselves busy at Team Better Block with a couple of projects that we’re really excited about. The first is the development of a 9-mile trail alongside the Trinity River with connecting on-street bicycle infrastructure that spans from the Southern terminus of the Katy Trail to the [...]