Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Former Parking Lot May Turn Into East Side Esplanade (Post, City Room) MTA to Study Downtown Brooklyn Connection for G Train (Bklyn Paper) Port Authority Greenlights PayPass Pilot (NY1) Make 125th Street a Historic District, Says Rezoning Foe (City Room) NYLCV: Ferry System Would Work, “If Done Right” (Gotham Gazette) 75-Year-Old 2nd Ave Subway Drawing … Continued

By Ben Fried

8:54 AM EST on February 22, 2008

Former Parking Lot May Turn Into East Side Esplanade (Post, City Room)
MTA to Study Downtown Brooklyn Connection for G Train (Bklyn Paper)
Port Authority Greenlights PayPass Pilot (NY1)
Make 125th Street a Historic District, Says Rezoning Foe (City Room)
NYLCV: Ferry System Would Work, “If Done Right” (Gotham Gazette)
75-Year-Old 2nd Ave Subway Drawing Unearthed (2nd Ave Sagas)
State Sen. Eric Adams Called Out for “Empty” Grandstanding (NYT)
LIRR Has Trouble Handling Major Service Disruptions (AMNY)
Neighborhood Groups Want Tour Buses Off Bleecker Street (Villager)
Dubious Praise for Skywalks: “They Keep You Out of the Way of Cars” (Sun)
Biofuels Hot in U.S., Not in Europe (Grist)

Ben Fried

Ben Fried started as a Streetsblog reporter in 2008 and led the site as editor-in-chief from 2010 to 2018. He lives in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, with his wife.

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