SEE IT! Hundreds Rally to Keep Cars Out of Travers Park in Jackson Heights
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It's a dangerous, combustible situation. Streetfilms auteur Clarence Eckerson Jr. covered Saturday's rally and filed this film report.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Clarence Eckerson
Streetfilms: Fixing the Subway is About Racial and Economic Justice
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Supporters of congestion pricing rallied Monday at Broadway Junction in Brooklyn.
Tonight at Harvard: Aaron Naparstek Presents the Films of Clarence Eckerson
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We’ve got a late addition to the calendar for our Boston-area readers. Streetsblog founding editor Aaron Naparstek, currently a Loeb Fellow at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design, will re-unite with Clarence Eckerson tonight for an evening of Streetfilms screenings and discussion. An hour of Streetfilms will be followed by a Q&A with Clarence and Aaron […]
Wednesday: Livable Streets Team at “No Impact Man” Screening
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Streetsbloggers are encouraged to come out this Wednesday and join Clarence Eckerson and Kim Wiley-Schwartz from the Livable Streets Initiative, along with Amanda Gentile from Brooklyn Green Team and author Elizabeth Royte, for a panel discussion after a screening of the "No Impact Man" documentary. In case you’re still unfamiliar with No Impact Man, here’s […]
Streetfilms: Halloween Mass in San Francisco
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This week’s events make Halloween seem like a long time ago, but it was only last Friday when Clarence Eckerson, on a west coast jaunt for Streetfilms, shot this video of Critical Mass in San Francisco. Some think it was the city’s biggest mass ride ever. Clarence offers a possible explanation: With monthly rides under […]
Report From Boulder, CO: A City That “Gets It”
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Streetfilms’ Clarence Eckerson, Jr. just returned from Boulder, Colorado — recent recipient of the League of American Bicyclists’ Platinum award for bike-friendliness. He writes: Boulder "gets it" big time — bicycling is important to its residents. So is a healthy walking and green living environment. But please note: this is not a car-free utopia — […]