Streetfilms at the Pioneer Theater
Tuesday, August 29, 7 pm. Pioneer Theater 155 East 3rd Street, New York City (between Avenues A & B) Tickets: $9 (Free food and drink following the screening) The New York City Streets Renaissance Campaign presents “Streetfilms” Please join us for a 75-minute program of short films from the New York City Streets Renaissance Campaign. Streetfilms focus … Continued
August 18, 2006
Photoshop-on-the-Street
Courtesy of Steve O'Neill, inventor of New York City's famous "No Horn Blowing Except for Anger" sign.
August 17, 2006
Sneak Preview of Bloomberg’s 21st Century Urban Vision
As reported in today's Observer a team working under Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff has, for the last year or so, been secretly developing a sweeping, new urban planning vision for New York City. In its scope and ambition, the Observer compares the plan to the 1811 layout of Manhattan's street grid system and the 1929 Regional Plan that gave us many of today's highways and parks.
August 16, 2006
NY1: Why is Bloomberg So Weak on Transportation?
Fifty-nine percent of New Yorkers say Mayor Bloomberg is doing a poor-to-fair job on transportation.
August 16, 2006
Today’s Headlines, 8/16/06
10-Year-Old Girl on Bike Hit in Williamsburg, in Critical Condition (NY Post) Another NJ Highway Horror (NY Post) On Turnpike, a Cruel End to a Loving Family Life (NYT) Four-Year-Old Girl Knows Her Family Was Killed in Truck Crash (Daily News) Questions About Turnpike Accident’s Flatbed Truck Driver and Load (Gothamist) Hit and Run in Brooklyn Kills Woman (NY Post) West … Continued
August 16, 2006
Travel Tips for the Plutocracy
Jeff Marshall avoids onerous airport security by commuting in his own Soviet fighter jet.
August 15, 2006
Chinatown Business Group Proposes Car-Free Streets
Bayard Street, Chinatown. Photo: SkyShaper
August 15, 2006
Today’s Headlines, 8/15/06
Four Die on Jersey Turnpike as Truck Slams Into Cars (NYT) Three-Year-Old Survives Horrific Turnpike Wreck That Kills Family (Daily News) Officer Killed by Firefighter’s S.U.V., Police Say (NYT) Drunken Firefighter Kills Off-Duty Cop After 5-mile Road-Rage Run (Daily News) Newark: Bus Driver in Rail Crash Suspended (NYT) NYPD Tests Out 150 mph Muscle Car (Daily News) DOT … Continued
August 15, 2006
Brooklyn’s Fort Greene Fights for Livable Streets
DOT's failure to provide a traffic signal or even a simple crosswalk at intersections along DeKalb Avenue disconnects the neighborhood from its bus stops and its park.
August 14, 2006