Livable Community Spaces -Transforming Neighborhood Alleyways
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010Alleys and other “out-of-the-way” spaces often get neglected and shortchanged in the streetscape design and budgeting process, leaving them uninspired, unattractive and often times unsafe. StreetPrint – Genuine Stamped Asphalt provides a practical, durable, safe, and affordable way to transform alleyways into livable community spaces using low-cost asphalt pavement. Not only can StreetPrint enhance the quality of the alleyway surface it also promotes the perception of the alley as a pedestrian realm and can be a traffic calming mechanism as well.
Here are three examples of community alleyway redevelopment projects recently completed.

This alleyway in Lebanon, PA provides access from a parking area to a very popular Farmers Market. Originally intended to be paved with just plain asphalt, they used StreetPrint in a herringbone brick pattern to make a much more pleasant environment with a more inviting pedestrian scale and texture.


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