PLUS URBIA DESIGN'S PRO BONO EFFORT TO IMPROVE DANGEROUS "HIGHWAY OCHO" FEATURED IN LENGTHY INTERVIEW
Strong Towns, a highly-influential non-profit focused on
strong and resilient cities, posted a podcast today on the pro bono mycalle8
advocacy work in Little Havana.
PlusUrbia Design’s Juan Mullerat and Steve Wright are interviewed by
Rachel Quednau.
The 48-minute interview focuses on the need to redesign the
Calle8 corridor as a complete street – a main street worthy its culture and
history.
The podcast also emphasizes that
both Mullerat and Wright live within a few blocks of Calle8, having invested in
city living.
They share anecdotes about all the good things happening on
Calle8.
But both emphasize that its present highway-like condition makes it
unsafe for Wright to cross with his wheelchair-using wife and too dangerous for
Mullerat to cross with his wife and two young daughters.
Strongtowns.org’s
mission is: “to support a model of development that allows America’s cities,
towns and neighborhoods to become financially strong and resilient.”
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