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Broadway Ticket Sales Are Through the Roof. Damned Plazas!
In case you missed it, the Broadway theater business is booming.
February 29, 2016
Eyes on the Street: The New 215th Step-Street Officially Opens Today
Over a decade after the project's first expected delivery date, the reconstruction of Inwood's 215th Step-Street is complete.
February 3, 2016
500 People Ate Dinner on a Freeway in Akron This Weekend
How's this for a creative reuse of outdated 20th century infrastructure? This weekend, 500 people in Akron, Ohio, sat down and had dinner together on the Innerbelt Freeway.
October 5, 2015
It’s Past Time to Make Summer Streets Even Greater
When Summer Streets launched in 2008, it was accompanied by a veritable New York media firestorm. "Will Car-Free 'Summer Streets' Work?" asked the Times. "Businesses Brace for Summer Streets," warned WNYC. Seven years on, New York's marquee car-free event has become a popular August institution. It's time for more.
August 17, 2015
Mark Your Calendars: Summer Streets Returns in August
Another summer, another edition of Summer Streets.
July 23, 2015
Eyes on the Street: New 215th Step-Street, With Bike Ramp, Taking Shape
It's been a year since we checked up on the 215th Step-Street in Inwood, where the northern section of the long, steep stairway looks to be nearly finished -- complete with bike ramp.
January 7, 2015
Here They Are — Your Car-Free Street Scenes From Marathon Day
If you can get to the course early enough, marathon Sunday lets you roam freely, for one morning, on some of New York's most atrocious traffic sewers. Here's a look at how some people made the most of the car-free time.
November 3, 2014
Remember This Hashtag – #marathonfunday
Quick, what's the biggest car-free event of the year?
October 31, 2014
Madrid Moves Toward a Car-Free Center City
Beginning in January, Madrid will enact new policies to keep cars out of almost 500 acres in the core of the city, part of a long-term plan to entirely pedestrianize the center city.
September 29, 2014