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Eyes on the Street: An Unnecessary Takeover of the 14th Street Plaza
In March, The Uni posted photos of a behemoth advertising installation in the pedestrian plaza on 14th Street and Ninth Avenue. Here it is as of late last week. We received reports that today it's coming down.
April 5, 2012
Jackson Heights Public Plaza, Thursday Afternoon
Courtesy of Clarence Eckerson, Jr., here are some more scenes from the Jackson Heights pedestrian plaza that don't fit the New York Times' preferred narrative. Clarence says he passed through the plaza three times yesterday and it was bustling each time. On a Thursday.
March 23, 2012
Productive Exchange of Ideas Breaks Out at Fort Greene Plaza Workshop
The reports are in, and it seems like Fort Greene residents were able to have a productive workshop with NYC DOT and the Fulton Area Business Alliance (FAB) last night to discuss the new public plaza planned for Fowler Square. A reader informs us that aside from a few minutes of haranguing from a few individuals, attendees could sit down together and share ideas.
February 17, 2012
Tonight: Help Shape the Future of Fort Greene’s Fowler Square
NYC DOT, Council Member Tish James, Community Board 2, and the Fulton Area Business Alliance are hosting a community workshop tonight to gather ideas for a new plaza at Fowler Square -- the triangle formed by Fulton Street, Lafayette Avenue, and South Elliot Place in Fort Greene. In addition to lending your expertise as the new public space takes shape, this is an important one to turn out for because a handful of project opponents have managed to commandeer past meetings.
February 16, 2012
Unlocking the Potential of the New Jackson Heights Plaza
Earlier this month you might have noticed a few press accounts about merchants in Jackson Heights who think a new public plaza on one short block of 37th Road is crimping their bottom line. The plaza is actually part of a much broader plan to improve street safety, speed bus trips, and reduce traffic congestion in Jackson Heights, which neighborhood groups and NYC DOT have been working on for years without receiving much media attention. Now that there's a tinge of conflict, the press is all over it -- an innovative and community-driven transportation project has turned into a story about shopkeepers upset over the removal of 20 parking spaces.
February 10, 2012
Vacca Watch: Transpo Chair Ignores His Own Hearing, Calls Plazas Bad for Biz
James Vacca should know better.
December 1, 2011
“The Best Is Yet To Come” at Newly Car-Free New Lots Triangle
More than 70 people packed into the New Lots Triangle in East New York this morning for the official ribbon cutting of a new public space, but perhaps the most important sign of the plaza's popularity wasn't the big crowd but the senior citizens who had simply stopped there to sit down and drink a cup of coffee.
November 22, 2011
MAS Survey: Bike/Ped Projects Popular; Many Neighborhoods Lag in Livability
The Municipal Art Society's second annual survey on livability, released today, provides still more opinion data showing that New Yorkers want to see more bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure. They're more conflicted, however, when it comes to new, large-scale development.
October 13, 2011
Eyes on the Street: New Public Plaza Coming to Jackson Heights
Clarence sends over this photo of the newly car-free block of 37th Road between 73rd Street and 74th Street in Jackson Heights. Since this picture was taken, the asphalt on this block has been coated with an epoxy-and-gravel surface, and it looks like a two-way bike path will be striped on one side of the street.
October 6, 2011