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By Clarence Eckerson

StreetFilm: Room to Breathe

By Sarah Goodyear | | 6 Comments
Room to BreatheA StreetFilm by Clarence Eckerson Jr.Running Time: 3 minutes 41 seconds Inspired by a poster produced by Portland’s Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) in the mid-1990s, this weekend Transportation Alternatives gathered a gaggle of cyclists on 42nd Street in Manhattan to stage New York’s own dramatic illustration of how much street space would be […]

StreetFilms: Reclaiming Grand Army Plaza

By Jason Varone | | No Comments
Reclaiming Grand Army Plaza A StreetFilm by Sean Clifford Running time: 5 minutes 40 seconds The Grand Army Plaza Coalition formed in the Spring of 2006 to begin to re-envision GAP as the great public space it was designed to be. A community-driven, grassroots project, GAPco is a prime example of how New York City’s […]

A Livable Streets Discussion and Happy Hour

By Jason Varone | | 3 Comments
Meet and mingle with other readers, activists, and supporters of a livable approach to transportation, development, and public spaces. Get to know the others who share your values about the kind of city we want to live in. Put faces behind the screen names online. And have a drink! A Livable Streets Discussion and Happy […]

Streetfilms: George Washington Parked Here

By Jason Varone | | 5 Comments
Red Hook Lane: A Parking Lot to HistoryA StreetFilm by Sean CliffordRunning time: 1 minute 22 seconds StreetFilms’ Sean Clifford discovers that one of New York City government employees’ favorite illegal parking spots in Downtown Brooklyn happens to be the last vestige of a historic road that played a significant role in the Revolutionary War. […]

StreetFilms: One Way is the Wrong Way

By Aaron Naparstek | | 10 Comments
StreetFilms: One Way is the Wrong Way Running time: 5 minutes 10 seconds In Park Slope, Brooklyn, the Department of Transportation has put forward a plan to convert a pair of two-way neighborhood avenues to one-way operation. DOT says that the plan is designed strictly "to make it safer for pedestrians crossing the street," but […]
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