Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Urban Design

Gridlock in Williamsburg

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 26, 2006 | No Comments

While we’re on the topic of Williamsburg, this lengthy piece of original reporting on NYTurf is worth a read if you didn’t catch it when it was filed a couple of weeks ago: How the City Has Left Williamsburg in a Traffic Jam When the Department of Planning puts together projects like the Williamsburg Waterfront Redevelopment, the […]

Houston Street Redesign: The $30 Million Missed Opportunity

By Alec | Jul 25, 2006 | 4 Comments

The death of Derek Lake, killed one month ago at age 23 when his bicycle tripped a metal plate on Houston Street, hints at a tragedy shared by all New Yorkers: City Hall’s continued insistence that the ultimate goal of a New York City street is to move as many cars and trucks each day […]

Revisiting Houston Street, One Month Later

By Alec | Jul 25, 2006 | No Comments

Derek Lake died on June 26 when his bike tripped over a steel plate and fell beneath the wheels of a moving truck in the midst of Houston Street’s reconstruction mess. Brad Hoylman, a Village resident, chairs the Traffic and Transportation Committee of Community Board 2. Hoylman talks to Streetsblog about the Community Board’s reaction […]

City Council Screening of “Contested Streets”

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 20, 2006 | No Comments

Thursday, July 20, 2006 at 2:30 pm New York City Council250 Broadway, 14th Floor Hearing Room (across from City Hall). FILM SCREENING & DISCUSSION with the NYC Council’s Transportation Committee "Contested Streets: Breaking NYC Gridlock" Thursday, July 20th, 2:30 pm Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringerand New York City Council Members John C. Liu, Joseph […]

Hugh Hardy: Architect Calls for Fresh Take on Public Life

By Alec | Jul 20, 2006 | 9 Comments

Hugh Hardy’s Greenwich Street South Study "The greatest achievement of New York is the streets," says architect Hugh Hardy. And he says we can achieve richer public places — if New York’s citizens can persuade officials to make those places serve people rather than cars. Hardy, who designed 42nd Street’s New Victory Theater and the […]

Traffic Engineering by Body Count

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 17, 2006 | 2 Comments

Van Brunt and Wolcott Streets. Before paint, July 7. After paint, July 14. The New York Observer’s Real Estate reported that the woman struck by a mini-van pulling out of the Fairway Market parking lot in Red Hook on Thursday, July 6, has died. The Daily News identified her as Janett Ramos, 45, of Sunset […]

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