Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Jan Gehl

Streetfilms Recut: Jan Gehl’s 2005 Times Square Interview With 2018 Plaza Footage

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Apr 17, 2018 | 2 Comments

When you look at Times Square and how much negative press the plazas received when they were implemented, then revisit it now and see how well it works, you realize anything is possible.

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Talking Headways Podcast With Special Guest Jan Gehl

By Tanya Snyder | Feb 7, 2014 | No Comments

Danish architect and urban planner Jan Gehl, who led Copenhagen’s turn away from car-domination toward streets and public spaces for people, is on a U.S. tour. I got to sit down with him this week in Washington. Where traffic engineers count cars, Gehl and his colleagues count people. So instead of telling city officials to […]

Jan Gehl Joins Advocates to Talk Public Plazas in Low-Income Neighborhoods

By Stephen Miller | Feb 6, 2014 | No Comments

Ask a New Yorker about the city’s plazas, and they’re likely to first think of Times Square. While the city’s marquee pedestrian space gets most of the attention, there are dozens of neighborhood-scale plazas across the city, with dozens more in the works in communities requesting them from DOT. Not all local groups have the […]

How to Plan Good Cities for Bicycling

By Jan Gehl | Jun 17, 2011 | 12 Comments

Editor’s note: This is the final installment in our series this week featuring Danish architect and livable streets luminary Jan Gehl. The pieces are excerpts are from his book, “Cities for People,” published by Island Press. Donate to Streetsblog and Streetfilms and you’ll qualify to win a copy of the book, courtesy of Island Press. […]

The Art and Science of Designing Good Cities for Walking

By Jan Gehl | Jun 15, 2011 | 8 Comments

Editor’s note: This is the second installment in a three-part series this week by renowned Danish architect and livable streets luminary Jan Gehl. The pieces are excerpts are from his book, “Cities for People,” published by Island Press. Donate to Streetsblog and Streetfilms and you’ll qualify to win a copy of the book, courtesy of […]

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Copenhagen’s Car-Free Streets and Slow-Speed Zones

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Aug 4, 2010 | No Comments

In Copenhagen, you never have to travel very far to see a beautiful public space or car-free street packed with people soaking up the day. In fact, since the early 1960s, 18 parking lots in the downtown area have been converted into public spaces for playing, meeting, and generally just doing things that human beings […]

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