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Placemaking on the Upper East Side

By Brad Aaron | Sep 11, 2008 | 7 Comments

Tuesday evening, Project for Public Spaces held a "placemaking" community workshop for Manhattan’s Upper East Side, featuring PPS founder and president Fred Kent. Streetsblog regular BicyclesOnly was there and files this report. Kent gave a presentation to about 50 citizen and community activists from the East Side regarding the efforts in New York City and […]

Bloomberg, Sadik-Khan to Hold 11:00 Madison Square Presser

By Brad Aaron | Sep 5, 2008 | 1 Comment

Mayor Bloomberg and DOT Commish Janette Sadik-Khan will be officially unveiling public space improvements to Madison Square at 11:00 this morning, on 23rd St. between Broadway and Fifth Ave. If any citizen journalists will be in the area, please send us a pic if you can.

Eyes on the Street: A Walk Down Broadway Boulevard

By Ben Fried | Aug 19, 2008 | 38 Comments

After Summer Streets wrapped up last Saturday, I headed over to Times Square to check out the progress on DOT’s "Broadway Boulevard" project. The new street geometry and surfacing are mostly in place, while plantings and furniture have yet to arrive. The bike lane was also fully functional, making this pedicab ride across 41st Street […]

Astor Place Moves Closer to Becoming a Great Public Space

By Ben Fried | Jul 28, 2008 | 6 Comments

A rendering of "Village Plaza" — a pedestrian space that may supplant the asphalt-covered area south of Astor Place. Remember the Alamo? That’s the public sculpture (AKA "The Cube") located on a pedestrian island in the middle of Manhattan’s Astor Place. It’s a decent landmark for meeting up with a friend, but it always looks […]

T.A. Offers Reward for Park Slope “Post-Automobile Street” Designs

By Brad Aaron | Jul 7, 2008 | 10 Comments

9th St. and 4th Ave.: "A dangerous crossing that divides surrounding neighborhoods and inhibits street life." Transportation Alternatives is seeking proposals to reinvent the intersection of 9th Street and 4th Avenue in Park Slope. "Designing the 21st Century Street," a competition open to the general public, will reward the three most promising submissions with up […]

New Study Shows City Can Reduce Congestion Through Parking Policy

By Ben Fried | Jun 20, 2008 | 9 Comments

A study released today by Transportation Alternatives puts the congestion and waste caused by cheap metered parking in stark terms. The report, "Driven to Excess" [PDF], quantifies just how far Upper West Side drivers go in search of open spots: 366,000 miles a year, or about the distance from Earth to the moon. The Post […]

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