Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Quality of Life

Streetfilms: Park(ing) Day San Francisco

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 25, 2006 | No Comments

Park(ing) Day San FranciscoA Clarence Eckerson StreetfilmRunning time: 6:51 – 22.05 MB, QuickTime New York City Streets Renaissance Filmmaker Clarence Eckerson happened to be in San Francisco on Thursday during International Park(ing) Day. Organized by an art collective called Rebar Group, the idea behind Park(ing) is to reclaim curbside automobile parking spaces by temporarily transforming […]

Bloomberg Sustainability Announcement

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 21, 2006 | 8 Comments

As we reported this morning, Mayor Bloomberg is in California with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to make a major policy announcement on a major, long-term, environmental sustainability initiative. The key components of the Mayor’s plan include: The creation of the Office of Long-term Planning and Sustainability. The undertaking of a major greenhouse gas inventory for City […]

Binghamton Revitalizing Around Livable Downtown

By Glenn McAnanama | Sep 11, 2006 | No Comments

Binghamton, in New York’s depressed, de-industrialized southern tier is undergoing a major revitalization effort to bring residents, businesses, shoppers and tourists back to its historic downtown area. After years of watching residents and businesses leave the city’s core for the suburbs in New York and other states entirely, Binghamton is trying to win back its […]

Midtown’s Mini-Plaza

By Glenn McAnanama | Sep 8, 2006 | 13 Comments

This is one of my favorite little spots near where I work. Seems almost too hip for Midtown-East. Comments? Thoughts? What other pedestrian plazas do other folks like?

Street Quotes: Post-Labor Day Re-Acclimation

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 5, 2006 | 2 Comments

Overheard on Sunday afternoon in Carrol Gardens, Brooklyn where a boy of about five years of age waited impatiently to cross the street with his mother: "You’ve got to be very careful, honey. We’re not in Nantucket anymore. People here don’t stop for little boys to cross the street."

Car Alarm Ruins Otherwise Excellent Meal

By Aaron Donovan | Sep 1, 2006 | 8 Comments

I had dinner last Saturday with a couple of people at Enzo’s Cafe on Arthur Avenue after a day spent helping prepare the route for the New York City Century bicycle tour, which this year will be sending twice as many people to the Bronx as it has in the past. To enjoy great outside air, we sat on the sidewalk. As one of […]

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