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People Really Love NYC on Marathon Sunday — Because There Are No Cars!

Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

The annual New York City Marathon reminded us again what a car-free city could be like.

We weren't alone in enjoying the empty streets around the marathon route. Streetfilms auteur Clarence Eckerson Jr. created a short tribute to the mostly empty Queens Plaza:

So many other New Yorkers were equally inspired. Here's Phil Leff in Manhattan:

https://twitter.com/philipleff/status/1059195986310905857

And Doug Gordon in Brooklyn:

https://twitter.com/BrooklynSpoke/status/1059136749895585792
https://twitter.com/BrooklynSpoke/status/1059056464982085633

And Elliot Sperber in Brooklyn:

https://twitter.com/elliot_sperber/status/1059123018050478082

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