Nestled between downtown Miami and the civic center, Overtown was once the thriving hub of greater Miami’s Black community.  The importance of Overtown’s historic significance  is now being recognized through welcome restoration of buildings and streetscape enhancements consistent with it’s African American heritage in the two-block area designated as The Overtown Historic Village.

The concept was to revitalize the Overtown business district streetscape by incorporating traditional African tribal motifs in visually impactful ways that would appeal to both residents and visitors. StreetPrint – genuine stamped asphalt, was used to create 19 crosswalks from 9th Street to 14^th Street along NW 3^rd Avenue using a tile pattern and vibrant colors including: Coral, Green, Charcoal, Blue, and Yellow & White. StreetPrint incorporates IPC’s StreeBond – High Performance Color Treament for Pavement Surfaces.

IPC’s Accredited Applicator - Miami based Atlantic Paving installed the crosswalks. Rinaldo Cruz, the owner of Atlantic Paving describes the installation of this unique project. “The most challenging aspect was the exact geometric layout of each crosswalk due to the fact that each one is totally different. There are no two that are exactly the same as well as the color scheme made it very challenging for our coating crews who worked with up to 5 colors in the same area at the same time without walking on wet StreetBond coating!”

Filed under: Crosswalks, STREETSCAPES by cstordy