Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Jan Gehl

Envisioning an Upper West Side Streets Renaissance

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 6, 2007 | 39 Comments

If you’re thinking about coming to tonight’s Upper West Side workshop with Jan Gehl but you are having trouble picturing what a "Streets Renaissance" might look like, the video above was made for you. It consists of a series of photo simulations produced by New York City Streets Renaissance Creative Director Carly Clark. Whipped into […]

Tune in to Brian Lehrer at 10:40am, WNYC, 93.9 FM

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 6, 2007 | 5 Comments

Open Planning Project Executive Director Mark Gorton and Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan will be talking about this evening’s Upper West Side Streets Renaissance workshop with Jan Gehl on the Brian Lehrer Show, 93.9 FM, at 10:40am.

Gehl on Wheels

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 5, 2007 | 9 Comments

The Jan Gehl product roll-out continues apace. Last week, WNYC. This week, New York Magazine. Word has it Gehl’s team will be presenting Department of Transportation brass with some pretty big ideas for street space re-allocation. In the meantime, enjoy another interview with everyone’s favorite Danish urban designer: Can New York really be tamed? I […]

“A Perverse Allocation of Public Space on the Upper West Side”

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 2, 2007 | 2 Comments

As we lead up to next Tuesday’s big Upper West Side Streets Renaissance workshop with Jan Gehl (have you submitted your RSVP yet?) here is another StreetFilm delving in to the kinds of issues we hope to be talking about. In this segment, Upper West Siders Mark Gorton and Lisa Sladkus briefly examine just how […]

Upper West Siders: What Would You Fix?

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Nov 1, 2007 | 6 Comments

In the first of many shorts we will present over consecutive days, The Open Planning Project’s Executive Director Mark Gorton tours the streets of the Upper West Side with neighbor Lisa Sladkus pointing out problems in advance of the November 6 Streets Renaissance Workshop with Jan Gehl. Today’s topic is: Double Parking. Parking policy is […]

RSVP Today to Re-Imagine Manhattan’s Upper West Side

By Aaron Naparstek | Oct 31, 2007 | 2 Comments

Help shape the neighborhood streets of the Upper West Side. Work with your neighbors to create beautiful, green streets with safer bike lanes, great walking spaces, less traffic and cleaner air. The Upper West Side Streets Renaissance Campaign is holding a series of events aimed at empowering residents to re-imagine neighborhood streets and make their […]

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