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Eyes on the Street: The Weekend Scene at Corona Plaza

By Stephen Miller | Aug 28, 2012 | 3 Comments

It hasn’t been open a week yet, and Corona Plaza is already a popular gathering spot. In the next few days, Streetfilms will be posting a video about the new plaza featuring Council Member Julissa Ferreras. In the meantime, enjoy some more photos of the plaza getting lots of use over the weekend courtesy of Clarence. […]

Astoria Gets a One-Day Plaza Demo as Community Board Vote Approaches

By Stephen Miller | Aug 27, 2012 | 10 Comments

Facing a small but influential opposition to a permanent plaza in Astoria, DOT installed a one-day demonstration on Saturday to give neighborhood residents a sneak peak of how the street could be transformed. The demo, a first for DOT, was installed before Queens Community Board 1 votes on the proposal on September 11. Throughout the day, […]

Eyes on the Street: First Signs of the New Corona Plaza

By Stephen Miller | Aug 22, 2012 | 10 Comments

A pedestrian plaza that garnered support from local business, a unanimous vote at Queens Community Board 4 in June, and the backing of City Council Member Julissa Ferreras is being installed in Corona. The project is on the site of a service road that functioned as a parking lot for moving trucks. Now the space is host to […]

Eyes on the Street: The Not-So-Barren Jackson Heights Plaza

By Stephen Miller | Aug 22, 2012 | 8 Comments

Business owners in Jackson Heights have done more than just take over maintenance of the plaza on 37th Road. They’ve rechristened it “Diversity Plaza,” and they staged a community celebration that concluded on Monday to mark Eid-ul-Fitr, the breaking of fast at the end of Muslim holy month Ramadan. It seems the plaza was anything […]

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“The Porch” at 30th Street Station Welcomes You to Philadelphia

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Aug 3, 2012 | No Comments

For nine months now, Philadelphia’s awesome new public space “The Porch” has been flying under the nation’s livable streets radar. Installed by 30th Street Station as part of a larger PennDOT undertaking, the project reclaimed asphalt from cars and devoted it to people. The Porch provides a great place to meet up, and it shows […]

With Support From Local Businesses, Corona Ped Plaza Will Debut in July

By Noah Kazis | Jun 18, 2012 | 5 Comments

The crowded streets of Corona, Queens will receive a welcome infusion of public space this July, thanks to the New York City Department of Transportation’s plaza program. With wide-ranging community support, DOT will close a block of service road between National Street and 104th Street to traffic and fill it with plants, tables, chairs and […]

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