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Watch NYC Reclaim Its Streets With the Swipe of a Finger

Image: A/N Blog
Images: A/N Blog
Image: A/N Blog

If you didn't spend at least some of your Friday ogling this post on the Architect's Newspaper Blog, you've been missing out. A/N Blog overlaid before and after shots of 25 Bloomberg-era NYC street transformations, allowing readers to "slide" between views.

"With little more than paint, planters, and a few well-placed boulders, Bloomberg and former Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan‘s street interventions have been some of the most evident changes around the city," writes Branden Klayko. "Whether it’s at Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza or at Snøhetta’s redesigned Times Square, these road diets shaved off excess space previously turned over to cars and returned it to the pedestrian realm in dramatic fashion."

A/N Blog used DOT photos to highlight street reclamations in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. Slide on over and feast your eyes.

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