Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Eyes on the Street

Eyes on the Street: Brooklyn’s Fifth Avenue Street Fair

By Aaron Naparstek | May 21, 2007 | 1 Comment

As Robert Guskind at Gowanus Lounge writes, "We like the Fifth Avenue Fair because, while you can score tube socks and sunglasses, most of the local businesses come out and represent." Check out his photo set on Flickr.

Alternative Uses for Curbside Parking Space, Circa 1941

By Aaron Naparstek | May 18, 2007 | 6 Comments

This striking color photograph was snapped on Broome Street near Baruch Place (a street that vanished beneath the Bernard Baruch housing project) on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, September 27, 1941. The photo is part of the Charles W. Cushman collection at Indiana University. A tip of the hat to Kevin Walsh’s outstanding Forgotten […]

Eyes on the Street: Umbrella/Sombrilla in Inwood

By Brad Aaron | May 10, 2007 | No Comments

City Council Member Robert Jackson, foreground, participates in the "Umbrella/Sombrilla" celebration, held in Inwood last Sunday. The Dyckman Street festival involved neighborhood residents simultaneously waving and twirling dozens of umbrellas to symbolize the birth of the Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance, an umbrella organization (see?) founded to promote uptown art and artists. Umbrella/Sombrilla kicks off the […]

Eyes on the Street: Tillary Street Bike Lane Parking Lot

By Jason Varone | May 9, 2007 | 5 Comments

Ian Dutton, organizer of the Houston Street bike safety initiative, made this brief StreetFilm while riding in the physically-separated bike lane on Tillary Street approaching the Brooklyn Bridge. On his YouTube page, Dutton writes, "I was on my way from SoHo to Park Slope when I saw a most remarkable assemblage of press vehicles in […]

Eyes on the Street: Five Borough Bike Tour

By Jason Varone | May 7, 2007 | 4 Comments

What a big weekend for public cycling events. This Sunday, more than 30,000 cyclists enjoyed perfect weather for the 30th anniversary of the Five Borough Bike Tour, a 42-mile traffic free ride through the city including a jaunt along the Gowanus Expressway in Brooklyn. It is the largest recreational cycling event in America. Photo: diddlbiker/Flickr

Eyes on the Street: Critical Mass of U.S. Senators

By Aaron Naparstek | Apr 30, 2007 | 1 Comment

Further review of photos from Senator Charles Schumer’s Saturday bike ride in Brooklyn, which included an entourage of about 20 cyclists and a police escort, has turned up what appears to be two more U.S. senators, both from the fine state of Vermont. Snapped outside of Schumer’s Prospect Park West apartment building, that looks like […]

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