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:
And Doug Gordon in Brooklyn:
And Elliot Sperber in Brooklyn:
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