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| Collection ID: | LIB-ASL002 |
| Collection Title: | Rudy Bruner Award Digital Archives |
| Departmental Affiliation: | University Libraries. Arts & Sciences Libraries. |
| Institution: | State University of New York at Buffalo |
| Item ID: | 2005_FruitvaleVillage |
| Title: | Fruitvale Village |
| Overview: | Fruitvale Village is a 257,000 square foot "transit village" built by the non-profit Unity Council. Located on former BART parking lots, this Village is a mixed use development that has includes a pedestrian street and public plaza; 47 units of mixed income housing; a health clinic; a public library; a senior center; office space; and 38,000 of neighborhood retail shops and restaurants. Fruitvale aims to strengthen community institutions and catalyze neighborhood revitalization - physically, economically, and socially. The Selection Committee commended the project for its responsiveness to community needs and its transit-oriented development. They cited Fruitvale as a bold vision that sets a new standard for community development-based projects. They commended the inclusive process conducted by the Unity Council and the importance of creating a new public outdoor space that celebrates ethnic and community identity. |
| Award Type: |
Citizen Participation Commercial Community Center Landscape Architecture Mixed Use Transportation Urban Design Urban Renewal |
| Location: | Oakland, CA |
| Award Cycle: | 2005 |
| Awarded: | Silver Medal Winner |
| Completion Date: | 2/1/2004 |
| Budget: | $54,469,434 |
| Project Type(s): |
Transportation Community Center Urban Design Citizen Participation Commercial Urban Renewal Mixed Use Landscape Architecture |
| Subject heading(s): | Not specified |
| Bibliography: | "A Village Blooms at Fruitvale." [editorial] San Francisco Chronicle. (May 2, 2004) E-4.;"Fruitvale Village, Oakland, California." In Shibley, R., E. Axelrod, j. Farbstein, and R. Wener. Reinventing Downtown: 2005 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence. Cambridge, MA: Bruner Foundation, 2005, 79-110.;"Fruitvale's Farmer's Market." Journal of Housing & Community Development 63, no. 4 (July/August 2006) 25-26.;"It Took a Village to Connect BART and Fruitvale." [editorial] The Oakland Tribune. (May 16, 2002) Local-7.;"Smart Growth + Community Development = Smart Development." LISC Link (Fall, 2002) 1-2.;Bender, Kristin. "Fruitvale's Dream Transit Village Comes True." The Oakland Tribune. (September 30, 2003).;Brown, Patricia Anderson. "Fruitvale Welcomes Transit Village as Key to Revitalizing Neighborhood." Bright Ideas (Winter 2003/2004) 14-15.;Burt, Cecily. "Work Starts on Fruitvale Village." The Oakland Tribune. (May 13, 2002). Local 1-2.;Conrad, Katherine. "Commercial Development of the Year." East Bay Business Times. Special Supplement. (October 8, 2004) S-9;Hughes, Elizabeth Blish. "In Transit." Ford Foundation Report Online. (Spring, 2004).;Knack, Ruth Eckdish. "BART'S Village Vision." Planning 61, 1 (January, 1995) 18-21.;Kreyling, Christine. "Hug That Transit Station." Planning 67, 1 (January, 2001) 4-9;Newman, Morris. "A Neglected Neighborhood Builds Itself a Village." The New York Times [Commercial Real Estate Section] (August 11, 2004). C-7.;Paoli, Richard. "Village People: Oakland's Fruitvale Project a Long Time in the Making." San Francisco Chronicle. (September 28, 2003) G-1, 10-11.;Sheridan, Mike. "Centering Towns: Mixed-Use Town Center Developments Are Increasingly Becoming a Must-Have Item for Suburban and Exurban Communities Across the Country." Urban Land 64 (April, 2005) 90-93.;Silva, Manuela. "The Fruitvale Village." Economic Development Journal Vol. 1, Issue 3 (Summer, 2002) 31-36;Smith Charles. "What's Preventing Utopia?" San Francisco Chronicle Magazine. (August 1, 2004) 18-25. |
| File Size: | 4469 Bytes |
| Rights Management: | Use for educational purposes only. Single copies (print, photocopy, download) are permitted for personal study, research, and teaching. |
| DCMI Type: |
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| File Name: | index.cpd |
Description
| Collection ID: | LIB-ASL002 |
| Collection Title: | Rudy Bruner Award Digital Archives |
| Departmental Affiliation: | University Libraries. Arts & Sciences Libraries. |
| Institution: | State University of New York at Buffalo |
| Title: | Photo |
| File Size: | 148564 Bytes |
| Rights Management: | Use for educational purposes only. Single copies (print, photocopy, download) are permitted for personal study, research, and teaching. |
| DCMI Type: |
Image Still Image |
| File Name: | FruitvaleVillage_01pho.jpg |
