Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Streetfilms

By Clarence Eckerson

Streetfilms: Hiking the Heights

By Brad Aaron | Jun 24, 2008 | No Comments

If you spend much time in upper Manhattan, you know it’s blessed with hundreds of acres of parkland, much of which serves to showcase the area’s naturally rugged terrain. To help bring attention to this sometimes overlooked resource while promoting public health, an organization called CLIMB (City Life is Moving Bodies), in conjunction with Creative […]

Streetfilms: Car-Free Vancouver Day

By Ben Fried | Jun 23, 2008 | 4 Comments

Streetfilms’ guest correspondent Frank Lopez leads this tour of Vancouver’s Car-Free Day, which opens up streets in four neighborhoods for community festivals. Dancing on the pavement, lunching on the street, and mid-block lucha libre wrestling matches ensue.

Streetfilms: Depaving Day in Portland

By Brad Aaron | Jun 19, 2008 | 13 Comments

Our coverage of the Toward Carfree Cities conference continues with this Streetfilm from Elizabeth Press, who brings us a unique public service project. Hundreds of conference participants helped break and remove asphalt from a 3,000 square foot parking lot. Depave.org is the mastermind behind the Fargo Garden Project. They promote the removal of unnecessary concrete […]

Streetfilms: “Summer Streets” Kickoff

By Ben Fried | Jun 17, 2008 | 11 Comments

Streetfilms’ Clarence Eckerson delivers this snappy video recap of yesterday’s press conference announcing "Summer Streets," the Ciclovía-style car-free event that will open six miles of Manhattan thoroughfares to pedestrians and cyclists for three Saturdays in August. One quote from Mayor Bloomberg, which doesn’t seem to have made the cut in this morning’s media coverage, addresses […]

Car-Free Saturdays Will Open Path For Peds and Bikes From City Hall to 72nd

By Ben Fried | Jun 16, 2008 | 21 Comments

With several cities in addition to New York exploring the idea of car-free events modeled after Bogotá’s Ciclovía, Streetfilms produced this "express version" of their popular full-length video. Last month we reported that DOT was planning a major car-free event this summer in the mold of Bogotá, Colombia’s weekly Ciclovía. Details emerged on Friday in […]

Streetfilms: The Glory Days of Car-Free Park Rallies

By Ben Fried | Jun 13, 2008 | 21 Comments

If you’ve ever wondered how Aaron Naparstek and Clarence Eckerson whiled away the hours before the advent of Streetsblog and Streetfilms, here’s your answer. They donned cheeseheads and Hummer suits while role-playing in support of a car-free Prospect Park. Clarence has been hanging on to this proto-Streetfilm for some time (it was shot in 2002), […]

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