Hoop Dreams
Articles of interest
Lubbock Parks & Recreation
List of Basketball Courts: https://ci.lubbock.tx.us/departments/parks-recreation/parks/park-amenities
Upcoming Redevelopment Projects: https://ci.lubbock.tx.us/departments/parks-recreation/park-development
Interactive Map of Lubbock Parks: https://cityoflubbock.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=c0e725ba337245f48fd1f90902dd701d
Map of Lubbock Parks: http://www.lubbockfunclub.com/Neighborhood/N_parks.htm
on Building Basketball Courts
How to Make a Basketball Court: https://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Basketball-Court
Cost Estimating: https://www.fixr.com/costs/basketball-court-installation
Hooping, Hoping, and Healing: https://www.igrowchicago.org/hoops-for-hope/
School Teams up to Paint Mural: https://news.providence.edu/alumni-staff-and-students-team-up-to-turn-basketball-courts-into-public-art
Park Design Example with Recreation Center: https://issuu.com/sarahdipietro/docs/8th___diamond_drawings
How Might a New Basketball Court Benefit the Community?
“Dream Courts”: http://nancyliebermancharities.org/dreamcourts/
Andre Emmett Dream Court: https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/sports/college/red-raiders/2020/10/24/minnesota-timberwolves-guard-jarrett-culver-helps-build-dedicate-andre-emmett-dream-court/6022330002/
Lubbock Strong Dream Court: https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/local-news/lubbock-welcomes-citys-first-dream-court/798297921/
Lubbock’s Need for more Parks: https://ci.lubbock.tx.us/storage/images/kmpDF93LRRs1OB1BWDMEhoHrhpKgNB0uDz5azGj7.pdf
Art, Architecture, & Crazy Basketball Courts: https://designwanted.com/architecture/painted-basketball-courts/
Architectural Digest: https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/these-basketball-courts-are-giving-us-major-statement-wall-inspo
Public Canvasses: https://archive.curbed.com/2017/8/14/16126170/basketball-court-designs-pigalle-paris-gue
Inspiring Communities: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/project-backboard-basketball-courts-painted-colorful-murals-inspires-communities/
Pocket Parks: https://www.economicsofplace.com/2018/01/hey-city-leaders-think-temporary/
Teaching Duality through Sports: https://umseen.com/competing-points-of-view-find-unity-in-a-basketball-court-mural-by-akacorleone/
GOAL: Building a new Basketball Court for the community of Lubbock.
“Perhaps it will be the city that reawakens our understanding and appreciation of nature, in all its teeming, unpredictable complexity.”
-Jane Jacobs, The Greening of the City
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