If you want
to see urban design born of unprecedented community input, visit the 395 bridge
site at FDOT and click on the links of the selected team's Aesthetics Master
Plan and Aesthetics Manual.
I played a small role in this, editing some text,
focusing some context and serving as a sounding board to brilliant,
conscientious designers who worked all night and through weekends to capture
the essence of the Overtown and Miami community.
They worked with designers
reflective of and rooted in the community.
They agonized over designs, to
ensure they reconnected the fabric of a community torn apart by highway designs
of more than a half century ago.
This was an almost spiritual undertaking, to
involve the true leaders and impacted people of Overtown and its surroundings.
The community created the winning signature bridge and urban design.
View the community-based Aesthetic Master Plan
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