Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Upper West Side

“A Perverse Allocation of Public Space on the Upper West Side”

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 2, 2007 | 2 Comments

As we lead up to next Tuesday’s big Upper West Side Streets Renaissance workshop with Jan Gehl (have you submitted your RSVP yet?) here is another StreetFilm delving in to the kinds of issues we hope to be talking about. In this segment, Upper West Siders Mark Gorton and Lisa Sladkus briefly examine just how […]

RSVP Today to Re-Imagine Manhattan’s Upper West Side

By Aaron Naparstek | Oct 31, 2007 | 2 Comments

Help shape the neighborhood streets of the Upper West Side. Work with your neighbors to create beautiful, green streets with safer bike lanes, great walking spaces, less traffic and cleaner air. The Upper West Side Streets Renaissance Campaign is holding a series of events aimed at empowering residents to re-imagine neighborhood streets and make their […]

DOT Asks, and Gets an Earful from West Siders

By Brad Aaron | Sep 25, 2007 | 3 Comments

Howard/Stein-Hudson consultant Chris Ryan directs UWS traffic Over 200 Upper West Siders turned out last night to tell the DOT what they think of street conditions in their neighborhood. Held at John Jay College Auditorium on 10th Avenue and 58th Street, the premiere "listening session" of the West Side Transportation Study attracted "one of the […]

A Few Minutes of Parking Permit Abuse With Andy Rooney

By Jason Varone | Sep 4, 2007 | 1 Comment

60 Minutes curmudgeon Andy Rooney is grumpy about a lot of things but using an expired press placard to park an S.U.V. in front of a fire hydrant doesn’t seem to be one of them. It looks like Gawker scooped Uncivil Servants on this one: Over the weekend, a correspondent came across a white BMW […]

No Exit, Upper West Side Style

By Sarah Goodyear | Jul 5, 2007 | 13 Comments

Over on the New York Times’s City Room blog, Sewell Chan reports on opposition to the July 8 closing of the West 72nd St. exit ramp from the West Side Highway, a move that has been fought in court for years by neighborhood activists. The off-ramp is being demolished at the request of the Extell […]

O’Donnell Supports PlaNYC, but Congestion Pricing?

By Jason Varone | Jun 29, 2007 | 5 Comments

Below is State Assembly Member Daniel O’Donnell’s response to a letter from Streetsblog contributor Glenn McAnanama urging O’Donnell to support congestion pricing. O’Donnell claims that no specific legislation has been introduced regarding PlaNYC so he cannot take a position. O’Donnell represents the 69th Assembly District which includes Manhattan Valley, Morningside Heights, and the Upper West […]

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