In late 2010, the Dallas City Council announced a $1.3 million streetscaping project to cultivate a more pedestrian-friendly atmosphere and change the mix of restaurants and businesses. The two-block makeover called for wider sidewalks with more room for restaurant outdoor service, updated streetlamps, new trees, and bike racks to encourage auto-free travel. Widening the sidewalks also narrowed the street from four lanes to two and slowed vehicle traffic. The three-phase project also included the transition of the old Arcadia Theater site, destroyed by fire in 2006, into a chef-driven urban food trailer park.

''It was interesting to see the impact that the renovations of Lowest Greenville Avenue had on the neighborhood,'' said Michael Black, ASLA. Black is the project's landscape architect and designer, and a founder of Dallas-based firm la terra studio. ''Prior to the renovations, the area was experiencing a high crime rate, and unfortunately people had been killed during altercations in the street. Dallas officials made a decision to concentrate on a few blocks and make those blocks an example of what the whole district could be, if designed and constructed in a more pedestrian-friendly fashion.''

New design elements included adding ''rumble strips'' to the road to make drivers slow down in pedestrian areas. Pavestone's Classic Split 80mm 4x8 pavers, a split-face concrete paver for non-pedestrian applications, were installed, as the textural difference provids a warning for drivers. Laid in the preferred traffic lane herringbone pattern, the pavers give the look of a ??????? to ????? inch mortar joint. Standard finish pavers completed the four-foot wide pedestrian portion of the crosswalks.