Eyes on the Street: Too Little Too Late on the FDR
By
Jason Varone
10:36 AM EDT on June 21, 2007

Jason Varone battles the streets everyday during a 9 mile commute on his bicycle from downtown Brooklyn to the Upper East Side. In addition to his efforts on Streetsblog, he is an artist making work related to the environment and technology. Examples of his work can be found at www.varonearts.org.
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