Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Urban Design

It’s Getting Better All the Time

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Jul 9, 2007 | 1 Comment

NYC is ChangingA StreetFilm by Clarence Eckerson Jr. Running Time: 1 minute 55 seconds Clarence Eckerson put together a really nice little StreetFilm featuring some of the public space improvements that are now underway in various parts of New York City. He’s got before-and-after shots of 9th Street Bike Lane, DUMBO Pearl Street Piazza, Broadway […]

Push to Declutter England’s Streets

By Jason Varone | Jul 6, 2007 | 3 Comments

The British government’s advisor on architecture, urban design and public space just launched a campaign to "declutter" England’s streets of thousands of signs and barriers, arguing that the rampant signage may actually result in more perilous streets for pedestrians. The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) urged local councils and planners to adopt […]

The Suburbanist Paradox

By Jason Varone | Jul 6, 2007 | 13 Comments

The Atlantic Monthly’s Matthew Yglesias argues that high-density living is a key strategy to fight climate change. Yglesias takes issue with fellow Atlantic Online blogger Ross Douthat and author Joel Kotkin, who defend suburban sprawl — what James Kunstler has famously called "the most destructive development pattern the world has ever seen, and perhaps the […]

Berlin’s Bicycle Boom

By Jason Varone | Jul 2, 2007 | 2 Comments

Committed to making cycling a viable form of transportation, the Berlin Senate measures the success of that city’s bicycle network by the prevalence of cyclists in the overall traffic mix — rather than the way New York’s DOT does, by the miles of bike lanes built. Via TreeHugger: Two years ago, the Berlin Senate decided […]

Brooklyn Greenway Initiative Benefit This Thursday

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 25, 2007 | 1 Comment

When I first met Brian McCormick, Milton Puryear and Meg Fellerath in the spring of 2002, they were picking up trash and planting tulips alongside a Brooklyn-Queens Expressway off-ramp in Cobble Hill. I asked them what they were up to and they told me they were working to create a waterfront greenway for Brooklyn — […]

Meatpacking District Will Get a Makeover

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 22, 2007 | 10 Comments

A rendering of the proposed Gansevoort Plaza, looking southbound. Major public space improvements are on the drawing board for Lower Manhattan’s old Meat-Packing District. Ian Dutton, Houston Street bike safety organizer, professional airline pilot and Streetsblog reader has the report: Last year, community groups came together as the Greater Gansevoort Urban Improvement Project to develop […]

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