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Taking advantage of the beautiful mid-week weather, the Streetfilms crew headed over to Madison Square to find scores of New Yorkers enjoying a newly transformed public space. They also managed to catch up with the city staffers and community folks who made it happen. Writes Clarence:

I've started to forget what an ugly nightmare that nexus of Broadway& 23rd used to look like. Chances are you have too, so here is areminder of the great work NYC DOT has done there. Take a gander, thengo out in your community or city and spread the word that well designedpublic spaces work.

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