Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Livable Streets

An illustration from "Streets Ahead." Image: Urban Design Forum

Urban Design Forum Envisions Street-Based ‘Platform’ for a ‘Thriving City’

By Eve Kessler | May 18, 2022 | No Comments

The group's new report, "Streets Ahead," articulates goals that won't be controversial for Streetsblog readers, but may sound new to New Yorkers who think of streets only as repositories for free car storage.

Side-by-side, before-and-after renderings show what a trash enclosure will look like at 41st Street and Seventh Avenue. The Times Square Alliance is set to install such an enclosure there and in the street at 43rd and Eight Avenue on April 18. Images: CITIBIN

Times Square Business Group Pilots Street Trash Enclosures

By Eve Kessler | Apr 19, 2022 | No Comments

The "Clean Curbs" program arrives as the Times Square Alliance looks to rid sidewalks of leaky, smelly garbage bags at the Crossroads of the the World.

The squad: The mayor and his economic development team earlier this year at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Photo: Mayor's office

Adams’s Blueprint for Recovery is Vague on Public Space, Trash, Parking Reduction and Other Key Initiatives

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 10, 2022 | No Comments

Mayor Adams on Thursday revealed a pretty hefty — but not-so-detailed — blueprint for reviving the city. But what's in the "Rebuild, Renew, Reinvent" blueprint for the livable streets crowd? Here's what we found...

MARCH (PARKING) MADNESS 2022: Boogie Down Brawl Pits the Filthy 48th vs. the Fortress 50th

By Streetsblog | Mar 10, 2022 | No Comments

This is the latest first-round battle in our annual contest, pitting two Bronx commands.

Curbside space turned into dining on Mott Street. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Hearing Day: Could Fees for Outdoor Dining Lead to Proper Pricing of City’s Curbs?

By Eve Kessler | Feb 9, 2022 | No Comments

The DOT envisions charging for space now given away in the Open Restaurant program. But its piecemeal approach shows the need for public space management.

The Meatpacking Business Improvement District turned Little West 12th Street between Washington and Greenwich streets into a true open street. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Streetfilms: ‘Talking Public Spaces’ in the Meatpacking District

By Eve Kessler | Dec 1, 2021 | No Comments

See it: Gorgeous plazas with lush plantings in movable containers. Refurbished 19th-century factory buildings on quaint cobblestone streets. People sipping drinks under red cloth umbrellas — and hardly a car to be seen. Are we really in the Manhattan? Yes.

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