Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Parks

Fantasy Island

By Jason Varone | | 6 Comments
Three thousand free wooden bikes would allow for rapid circumnavigation on looping, leafy paths. New York Magazine features five finalists in a competition to turn Governors Island into an urban paradise: A large team (composed of landscape architects West 8 and Quennell Rothschild & Partners, architects Rogers Marvel and Diller Scofidio + Renfro, and planners […]

Eyes on the Street: Transit Workers on Parade

By Brad Aaron | | 1 Comment
 The NYC Transit Pipe and Drums Corps marched in the Inwood annual Memorial Day Parade on Monday, on a route that followed Broadway from 200th Street almost into the Bronx before taking Seaman Avenue, where the above photo was taken, to Inwood Hill Park for a wreath-laying ceremony honoring America’s war dead. A bike-laned residential […]

To Some it’s a Park, to Others, a Parking Lot

By Geoff Zink | | 27 Comments
A view of the area now occupied by the Wollman Rink circa 1930. Last night the Prospect Park Alliance hosted a "community input session" for the proposed Lakeside Center, a facility that is to replace the 45-year-old Wollman rink and "provide Park visitors with a state-of-the-art, year-round facility featuring two new outdoor ice skating rinks, […]

T.A. Rides with the Mayors of Sydney & Copenhagen

By Jason Varone | | 2 Comments
T.A. Rides with the Mayors of Sydney & Copenhagen A StreetFilm by Clarence Eckerson Jr. Running Time: 3 minutes 3 seconds On the closing day of New York City’s historic C40 Climate Summit, Lord Mayor Clover Moore of Sydney, Australia and Copenhagen’s Mayor of the Technical & Environmental Administration Klaus Bondam took a lunch break […]

Ninth Street Update: Robert’s Rules of Order

By Aaron Naparstek | | 24 Comments
First off, please accept my apologies for continuing to torture you with the intensely parochial drama taking place on Park Slope’s 9th Street. I justify all of this coverage by imagining that this story may be useful for advocates working towards Livable Streets goals in other neighborhoods. For those who are just coming in to […]
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