Go OakCliff! How Citizen Activists Can Remake a City!

[Metro Jacksonville]

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.....

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http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2012-nov-go-oakcliff-how-citizen-activists-can-remake-a-city

[Adam W]

Oak 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]

If the people lead, the leaders will follow.

[dougskiles]

That guy is my hero!  Great video.

[Captain Zissou]

HILARIOUS.  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]

"Rendering fatigue". I love it, what an inspiration.

[Ocklawaha]

I 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.

110-lb. A.R.E.A. Rail

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]

Very inspiring!