Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Plazas

Tonight: Speak Up for Much-Needed Pedestrian Space in Washington Heights [Updated]

By Brad Aaron | Jun 26, 2018 | 6 Comments

The CB 12 transportation committee has endorsed a plaza proposed for Haven Avenue, but a small number of parking-obsessed car owners, including one CB 12 member, are claiming ownership of the street.

Eyes on the Street: Fort Greene’s Fowler Square Plaza Is Back and Better Than Ever

By David Meyer | May 31, 2018 | 5 Comments

DOT made the short block of South Elliott Place between Fulton Street and Lafayette Avenue car-free using paint and planters in 2012. Now it's concrete.

A newly-installed median on Flatbush Avenue between Atlantic Terminal and the Barclays Center. Photo: David Meyer

Eyes on the Street: Pedestrian Life Rafts in the Flatbush/Atlantic Asphalt Ocean

By David Meyer | May 21, 2018 | 4 Comments

There's a little more protection for pedestrians crossing the street around Atlantic Terminal and the Barclays Center.

Streetfilms Recut: Jan Gehl’s 2005 Times Square Interview With 2018 Plaza Footage

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Apr 17, 2018 | 2 Comments

When you look at Times Square and how much negative press the plazas received when they were implemented, then revisit it now and see how well it works, you realize anything is possible.

A rendering of what 43rd Street will look like in 2021, once its "shared street" design is built out in concrete. image: NYC Mayor's Office

Can DOT Build a Plaza By Grand Central Faster Than DDC?

By David Meyer | Feb 16, 2018 | 2 Comments

Two new public spaces connected to the rezoning of Midtown East will be built out by DOT, not the Department of Design and Construction.

This plaza on Myrtle Avenue took ten years to become a reality, but it was an immediate hit. "As soon as there were seats, people were sitting in them," said BID director Meredith Phillips Almeida. Photo: Myrtle Avenue Revitalization Project

It Took DDC Six Years to Build This Clinton Hill Plaza

By David Meyer | Jan 22, 2018 | 7 Comments

The project was one of the first public space improvements identified by NYC DOT's plaza program, then became a poster child for the dysfunctional capital construction process at the Department of Design and Construction.

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