Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Public Space

Gov’t Employee Parking at the High Bridge Rec Center

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 21, 2007 | 3 Comments

A tipster sends along this snapshot of the parking lot… I mean, sidewalk, outside the High Bridge Recreational Center prior to the meeting last night to discuss plans for the revitalized High Bridge. The talk inside, she says, "was much more encouraging" than the government employee parking situation outside.

Will the Revitalized High Bridge be Bike-Friendly?

By Aaron Donovan | Jun 19, 2007 | 43 Comments

This is a guest post by Susan Murray, author of the Urban Naturalist. The High Bridge, a graceful stone and steel bridge, reminiscent of the great Roman aqueducts, spans the Harlem River between parks in Washington Heights and the Highbridge neighborhood in the Bronx. Erected in 1848, decades before the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges, it […]

A Livable Streets Exhibition Opens in Brooklyn

By Jason Varone | Jun 18, 2007 | 1 Comment

This Thursday will be the opening reception of "Livable Streets in Brooklyn," an exhibition at the Brooklyn Public Library. There will be a presentation by the Grand Army Plaza Coalition (GAPco) about the community-driven process that has been underway to re-envision Grand Army Plaza. And the Department of Transportation will discuss its recently announced plans […]

Brooklyn Community Board Supports DOT’s 9th Street Plan

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 14, 2007 | No Comments

Last night, Brooklyn’s Community Board 6 narrowly voted in favor of a resolution supporting the Department of Transportation’s plan to put Park Slope’s 9th Street on a "Road Diet." So, that’s that. After two months of fighting it’s all over but for the Thermoplast. We would enjoy saying that the group of 9th Street residents […]

Brainstorming a New Vision for Midtown’s East River Waterfront

By Jason Varone | Jun 13, 2007 | 13 Comments

The Municipal Art Society of New York, City Council member Dan Garodnick, and Manhattan’s Community Board 6 ran an intensive day-long workshop last Wednesday to develop a new vision for Midtown’s inaccessible East River waterfront. On Sunday, MAS unveiled some of the results. From the MAS press release: "By realigning and lowering the 42nd Street […]

DOT: Bergtraum to CUNY, Primeggia to Copenhagen

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 12, 2007 | 5 Comments

Department of Transportation First Deputy Commissioner Judith Bergtraum, a top aide to former commissioner Iris Weinshall, is leaving DOT for a job at the City University of New York where Weinshall is now a vice chancellor. As first reported by the Daily News’ Elizabeth Benjamin, DOT commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan just returned from a quick trip […]

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