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Looking west on the new car-free Brooklyn Bridge. In the background are new wooden platforms between the stone piers, where visitors can go up and down between the old roadways and the elevated walkway. The decks provide flexible space for seating, food carts, exhibits, and the like. Rendering: Zeke Mermell

OPINION: We Can Have Nice Things … Once We Get Rid of King Car

By John Massengale | Jun 8, 2022 | No Comments

Europe has great public places. A walk or bike ride from Borough Hall to City Hall across an auto-free Brooklyn Bridge would equal any of them.

Kids trying to cross Canal Street on a "Gridlock Alert" day on Wednesday. File photo: Julianne Cuba

An Open Letter To DOT Commissioner Rodriguez on Eve of #FixCanal Workshop

By John Massengale | Mar 7, 2022 | No Comments

An architect sets us up for tonight's Canal Street workshop.

In a more perfect world, this is what Bleecker Street, looking south from West 10th Street, would look like. Rendering: Massengale & Co LLC, Gabriele Stroik Johnson

Op-Ed: ‘Open Streets’ Must Lead to Permanent Changes in Our City

By John Massengale | May 4, 2020 | No Comments

It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Instead of going back to the old New York, choked with pollution and cars that don't move, we can decide what kind of city we want. Change the streets and change the city.

We've run this image before, but it shows how little needs to be done to make our neighborhoods safer and better. Rendering: Massengale & Co LLC, and Dover, Kohl & Partners

Op-Ed: Let’s Build a Network of ‘Quiet Streets’

By John Massengale | Mar 30, 2020 | No Comments

COVID19 demonstrates the need for more space for people — like this gorgeous rendering above.