Posted January 2, 20214 yr activated, green and garden alleys -- sounds good! makassar has 92 'healthy alleys,' also called longsets --- Modernizing Cities via Smart Garden Alleys with Application in Makassar City Published: July 17, 2020 • By Cary Faulkner Sponsored by National Science Foundation This project is sponsored by the National Science Foundation and is in collaboration with the US Department of State. This project will work to integrate innovations in smart and connected communities to improve garden alleys within the City of Makassar, Indonesia via a synergistic collaboration between US and Indonesian teams and a close partnership with Makassar City. Makassar is striving to become a livable world-class city for a fast-growing, diverse population of 1.7 million people. The ongoing Garden Alley project in the city aims to improve the livability of the city, measured by factors including air-quality, heat index, food security, and social interactions. To date, Makassar has implemented 40 gardens within 15 of the city's sub-districts, covering a sizable portion of the city's alleys. The goal of this research is to catalyze the transformation of Makassar City's garden alleys into smart environments by deploying a sensor network at representative green allies and conventional allies to collect data related to air quality, microclimates, and other factors, to analyze the heterogeneous data using machine learning techniques, and to then share the data and its insights with city representatives and specific communities within the city. https://www.colorado.edu/lab/sbs/smart-garden-alleys detroit's first green alley https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/green-life/how-green-your-alley milwaukee kokomo indiana garden alley Garden Alley This was the first alley to be transformed in downtown Kokomo and was first named Alleyscape. Garden Alley is located on the east side of the Courthouse Square on Main Street. Artist Alley A 24/7 outdoor art gallery located next to Artworks Gallery at 210 N. Main St. The space opened with nine art mounts to accommodate an annually changing exhibit of large-scale artwork and sculptures. Courthouse Alley The first full alley transformation project of All Alleys Lead to Art, it’s located on the southside of the Courthouse Square on Sycamore Street. Geek Alley Located next to Wings Etc. on Sycamore Street, Geek Alley highlights feature performance art and is set up to be a venue for live music performances. Check the website for up to date information. memphis http://centralgardens.org/default.aspx?p=122877&naid=25722 Central Gardens Alley Group grades an alley. Peter Pace. extreme examples in yangon ! YANGON’S ALLEY GARDEN PROJECT Some projects aren’t long-planned and strategised, they just unfold. The Alley Garden project is such an example. It started when a group of us — young, local and expatriate residents in Yangon — decided to set up a small permaculture garden. At that point, we were an informally organised group of volunteers worried about the lack of public space, the government’s focus on cars, the absence of provisions for pedestrians and cyclists, and the destruction of heritage buildings in favour of new shiny condominiums. When we failed to find a suitable plot of land for our permaculture garden anywhere near downtown, we began considering the back alley space behind the site of one of our heritage restoration projects. Like all back alleys in Yangon, this was a smelly place filled with two feet of trash. Yet after some deliberation, we thought, why not start here? Despite its flaws, it was nearby, ‘free’ and it allowed us to experiment. more: https://thecityateyelevel.com/stories/yangons-alley-garden-project/ last -- garden alleys around the world
February 8, 20214 yr Author now edmonton Edmonton Is Making Its Alleyways a Great Place to Live CAILYNN KLINGBEIL FEBRUARY 1, 2021 As part of a bold plan to build in rather than out, the city has been loosening regulations and streamlining permitting for garden suites. Its goal is to squeeze more living space into the urban landscape by slipping these apartments, also known as granny flats, laneway housing and accessory dwelling units into underutilized urban spaces. While these small-scale living spaces, often located in the backyard of a detached house, are difficult to build in many North American cities, Edmonton is clearing a path for them. For the City of Edmonton, the increasing number of building permits being issued speaks to the garden suites’ success in densifying the city. City data for core, mature and established neighborhoods shows 65 garden suite building permits issued in 2019, up from just nine in 2013. more: https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/edmonton-is-making-its-alleyways-a-great-place-to-live Back alley shops changing the face of storefronts in Edmonton By Julia Wong Global News Posted February 3, 2018 7:18 pm “We’re on their main street. All of a sudden, we turned this corner and there was this alleyway with a buzz of activity in there,” he said. more: https://globalnews.ca/news/4004753/back-alley-shops-changing-the-face-of-storefronts-in-edmonton/ alley art https://www.facebook.com/events/10230-104-st-nw-edmonton-ab-t5j-1b8-canada/secret-alley-gallery/1648628855455795/ block party https://www.instagram.com/p/B1J6S7hgqLb/
September 27, 20213 yr Author something about denver's efforts to spruce up their alleys -- from 2014 -- i wonder how its going there?: This might just be the most desolate alley in Denver. Under the Evans Avenue Bridge and a stone's throw from the railroad tracks, this is an absolutely forgotten urban place, complete with the requisite tires, mattresses and beer bottles amidst the waist-high tumbleweeds. Most of Denver's 4,000 alleys have been paved, and there are plans to pave the remaining 150 unimproved alleys by 2016. But the alleys are home to tens of thousands of dumpsters, which in turn attract illegal dumping, which in turn means plenty of scavenging. But change is afoot. Last fall, the Rialto Cafe organized Brewer's Alley, a beer-tasting event, in the alley behind the restaurant. Several plans are in the works to activate downtown alleys off of the pedestrian 16th Street Mall. cinci, seattle and more efforts are mentioned too: Cincinnati reclaims its alleys Five Points Alley is in the heart of Walnut Hills, one of Cincinnati's most historic commercial corridors, with five alleys intersecting in the heart of a busy block. Kevin Wright, Executive Director of the Walnut Hills Redevelopment Foundation, says revitalization is underway in the neighborhood, but as the street side started to bounce back, the alleys resisted change. "The alleys were a safety problem and a problem in general," says Wright. "They were a dumping ground, a source of drug dealing and prostitution." Five Points Alley during cleanup But they also have some serious potential. Of Five Points Alley, "There's nothing else like it in the city, maybe in the country," he contends. "There's a very unique sense of discovery. You would have no idea it's there. It just needs a little TLC and activation." Wright says he came up with a way to do just that about two years ago when he explored the then-blighted Five Points Alley with a pair of collaborators. At the intersection of the five alleys, an overgrown parcel caught Wright's eye. "This green space was covered with trash and weeds that became trees — they were literally 30 feet high," he says. "That got my mind moving." Wright came up with a plan to activate Five Points Alley as a public space: community cleanup days followed by pop-up beer gardens centered on the once-overgrown green spot. For 2014, Wright is looking to bring the activation of Five Points Alley to the next level. The goal is to reactivate the space with regular events. A coffeehouse has opened, and a historic public restroom called the Public Comfort Station will be reborn as a bar. "In 18 months, [Five Points Alley] will become a really nice space with activated buildings around it," Wright says. "I think it's going to be a huge piece for us." more: https://gizmodo.com/how-alleys-are-becoming-pathways-to-urban-revitalizatio-1575922287
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