Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Public Space

As He Likes It: Weprin, and His Car, in the Park

By Brad Aaron | Aug 16, 2007 | 12 Comments

From a Streetsblog tipster: Wouldn’t it be nice if we could all get the City Council treatment? Last night, NYC Councilmember David Weprin made an appearance at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park to let the public know that he helped direct taxpayer dollars to support Shakespeare in the Park. But unlike the hundreds of […]

Henry Hudson Bridge Closed Until 2010, Unless You’re In a Car

By Brad Aaron | Aug 16, 2007 | 9 Comments

Earlier this summer, pedestrians and cyclists in northern Manhattan and the Bronx were surprised to learn that the walkway on the Henry Hudson Bridge, which spans the Harlem River to connect Inwood Hill Park with the neighborhoods of Spuyten Duyvil and Riverdale, would be closed due to construction. For three years. In 2004, the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council […]

A Brooklyn Parking Lot Becomes a Neighborhood “Living Room”

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 15, 2007 | 5 Comments

Paint a Parking Lot, Put Up a Paradise A StreetFilm by Nick Whitaker Running time: 2:45 StreetFilms has some excellent video coverage of the Dept. of Transportation’s launch of its Public Plaza Initiative in Brooklyn’s DUMBO neighborhood last week. The before-and-after images are particularly compelling. What once nothing more than a parking lot and illegal […]

Video Shows Dangers of Upper East Side Bike Plan

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 14, 2007 | 50 Comments

The City’s plan to stripe a bike lane across the Upper East Side continues to generate "controversy." I put that word in quotes because, well, check out the video above and see for yourself what all the fuss is all about. The video was filmed on a beautiful Saturday afternoon at about 2:00 pm, theoretically, […]

Tonight: Traffic-Calming Mural Preview & Fundraiser

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 13, 2007 | 3 Comments

In the Gowanus section of Brooklyn, a group of teenagers is transforming a drab, cinder block wall into a three-story mural to memorialize three children killed on dangerous Third Avenue and to remind motorists to drive safely. The mural is being organized by Transportation Alternatives and Groundswell Community Mural Project and painted under the guidance […]

Commish Benepe Gently Reminds “Parkies” to Drive Safely

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 13, 2007 | 5 Comments

For better and worse, the Parks Dept. seems to be popping up quite a bit lately. In July, Parks was spotted clipping locks and seizing bicycles in Forest Hills, Queens. And last week the agency revoked employee parking permits for Central Park’s East Drive. This week, a tipster sends along this Aug. 6 e-mail sent […]

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