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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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