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 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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