Construction has started on NYC DOT's project to greatly expand the pedestrian zones at the north end of Grand Army Plaza. The result of a years-long community-based planning process led by the Grand Army Plaza Coalition, these pedestrian improvements will reclaim a lot of asphalt and give people a much more direct walking route to the central public space at the heart of GAP. Construction of the pedestrian islands is slated to run through July, with new bike and pedestrian features on the south side of GAP scheduled for August [PDF]. Another feature in the original DOT plan for GAP -- a two-way protected bike path on Plaza Street -- has been postponed indefinitely.
The piece under construction right now is the "eastern wing" of the four-part pedestrian expansion:
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