Today’s Headlines
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Ben Fried
8:55 AM EDT on August 24, 2015
- People Can’t Imagine Times Square Without the Plazas (NYT, Gothamist)
- Steve Cuozzo Has a Conspiracy Theory About the Daily News Campaign Against Desnudas (Post)
- Bratton Talks Times Square on the Radio Without Mentioning Ripping Up Plazas (News)
- American Cities Have Trouble Managing Their Pedestrian Streets (NYT)
- Denis Hamill: “Make Times Square Like New York” By Letting It Get Overrun By Traffic (News)
- Truck Driver Critically Injures Delivery Cyclist in Bay Ridge (News)
- Jenna Daniels’ Family Says Tinted Windows Contributed to Her Death on Staten Island Last Fall (Advance)
- Mort Zuckerman’s Boston Properties Offers Free Bike Valet at Midtown Buildings (WSJ)
- Citi Bike Installed Six New Stations in Bed-Stuy Friday (DNA)
- Should Red Hook Ferry Be a Long Walk From Most Homes or Next to a Giant Parking Lot? (Bklyn Paper)
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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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