Just reviewed the plans for the new Riverfront “Complete Street”, and the attempt put forth is hardly worthy of critique. It’s being billed as a 21st Century Main Street, which would be accurate if you enjoyed Main Streets that contained no life. For those unfamiliar with the term, a “Complete Street” is one that takes […]
At BFOC, we like nothing more than to ride our bicycles to a local neighborhood or farmers market and buy local. So, we have been following the discussions of the Transportation and Environment Committee, which is considering new City-wide policies for regulating both community gardens and neighborhood farmers markets. One anti-farmers market talking point is […]
This weekend, BFOC and Go Oak Cliff combined efforts to install Dallas’ first complete street for two days only. Taking up two blocks from Seventh Street to Eighth Street, along Tyler, we converted a 43′, 3 lane car-only road, to a street that included a bike lane (cycle track) with outside parking creating a dedicated […]
Check out our latest video where we discuss the elements of a better block, including the concepts of “complete streets”, and the missing pieces that create a livable place.
Leading up to the Oak Cliff Art Crawl, and Better Block Project, BFOC/Go Oak Cliff members are unveiling the “THINK small” campaign, which is developed as a response to the sophistical “Live Large, Think Big” campaign lead by Dallas CVB. It’s the “Think BIG” campaigns which brought us underground mall-tunnels, giant inhospitable concrete plazas in […]
The Sierra Club has a great interview with Jan Gehl, Copenhagen planner and consultant for New York City’s new bike and public spaces infrastrcture. Jan details the ideas behind creating more “human-scaled” places, and specfically notes how making accommodations for bicyclists is a key to creating a more livable city. One major point in our […]
Come out to Hitt Auditorium at Methodist Hospital tonight for the Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce lead “Putting Together the Pieces” community update. There will be presentations and updates from various North Oak Cliff community organizations, including Bike Friendly Oak Cliff, the Oak Cliff Transit Authority, Community Gardens and more. The event starts at 7PM, […]
In preparation for the Oak Cliff Art Crawl this weekend, we’re planning on posting something each day in regards to events and happenings occurring throughout North Oak Cliff. Today, we wanted to focus on the three pop-up businesses being installed for the weekend: Philospophia Cafe, 415 N. Tyler Saturday 10am-8pm; Sunday 10am-6pm This fun little […]
In anticipation of the Oak Cliff Art Crawl, which takes place April 10th and 11th and will include Make’s Urban Bazaar, Bolsa’s outdoor market, the Better Block Art Installation and much more, BFOC thought it would be fun to dismount our bicycle saddles. Let’s take a stroll down the sidewalks of the Dallas Development Code […]
This is a picture of my wife’s grandfather, Gordon Mackenzie, as a young Western Union messenger boy in Dallas circa 1923 (third from left). Gordon died last year at the age of 96 but was a messenger from the age of 12 to 14. He’d tell us stories about his Western Union days, and wearing […]
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