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By Clarence Eckerson

Streetfilms: The Prospect Park Youth Advocates

By Ben Fried | Sep 25, 2008 | 2 Comments

The Prospect Park Youth Advocates get some well-earned star treatment in this Streetfilm from Robin Urban Smith. They spent the summer gathering data and collecting signatures for a car-free park, culminating last week with a rally at City Hall. Now we see what it takes to mount a 10,000-letter petition drive: resourcefulness, persistence, and the […]

Streetfilms: Park(ing) Day NYC 2008

By Brad Aaron | Sep 22, 2008 | 2 Comments

As Park(ing) Day participants set up and enjoyed 50 mini-parks on New York City streets, the Streetfilms crew -- Clarence Eckerson, Jr., Chris Read and Robin Urban Smith -- fanned out across the boroughs to catch the action on video.

Streetfilms: San Francisco’s Sunday Streets

By Brad Aaron | Sep 18, 2008 | 2 Comments

On the heels of New York’s Summer Streets, San Francisco opened up segments of its waterfront roadways to thousands of pedestrians, cyclists, skaters and dancers. Streetfilms contributor John Hamilton was on hand for Sunday Streets, and shows us how they go car-free in the Bay Area.

Streetfilms: (Park)ing Day, en Español!

By Brad Aaron | Sep 2, 2008 | 1 Comment

Streetfilms is celebrating its first-ever foreign language translation with this video, of last year’s (Park)ing Day, subtitled in Spanish. Clarence Eckerson says to expect three more Spanish subtitled vids to be posted in the coming weeks. And speaking of (Park)ing Day, the 2008 event is just a couple of weeks away. Volunteer or reserve your […]

Streetfilms: DC Bike-Share Hits the Ground Rolling

By Brad Aaron | Aug 22, 2008 | 16 Comments

With the first US bike-share system starting up just a short Amtrak ride away in Washington, DC, you know it wouldn’t take long for the Streetfilms crew to make the scene. This week, Elizabeth Press, Clarence Eckerson and Robin Urban Smith took the already-popular SmartBike DC for a spin, and talked to local citizens, advocates […]

Streetfilms: Going Car-Free in Milwaukee

By Brad Aaron | Aug 20, 2008 | 4 Comments

Summer Streets may be getting most of the attention lately, but New York isn’t the only US city opening its streets to public use. On a recent visit to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Streetfilms contributor Nick Whitaker captured two car-free events happening at once. First, the Brady Street Festival, which has roots going back to the 1970s, […]

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