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Tonight: Speak Up for Much-Needed Pedestrian Space in Washington Heights [Updated]
The CB 12 transportation committee has endorsed a plaza proposed for Haven Avenue, but a small number of parking-obsessed car owners, including one CB 12 member, are claiming ownership of the street.
June 26, 2018
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Eyes on the Street: Fort Greene’s Fowler Square Plaza Is Back and Better Than Ever
DOT made the short block of South Elliott Place between Fulton Street and Lafayette Avenue car-free using paint and planters in 2012. Now it's concrete.
May 31, 2018
Eyes on the Street: Pedestrian Life Rafts in the Flatbush/Atlantic Asphalt Ocean
There's a little more protection for pedestrians crossing the street around Atlantic Terminal and the Barclays Center.
May 21, 2018
Streetfilms Recut: Jan Gehl’s 2005 Times Square Interview With 2018 Plaza Footage
When you look at Times Square and how much negative press the plazas received when they were implemented, then revisit it now and see how well it works, you realize anything is possible.
April 17, 2018
Can DOT Build a Plaza By Grand Central Faster Than DDC?
Two new public spaces connected to the rezoning of Midtown East will be built out by DOT, not the Department of Design and Construction.
February 16, 2018
It Took DDC Six Years to Build This Clinton Hill Plaza
The project was one of the first public space improvements identified by NYC DOT's plaza program, then became a poster child for the dysfunctional capital construction process at the Department of Design and Construction.
January 22, 2018
NYPD Surrounds Flatiron Plaza With Concrete Barriers, Because Terrorism
Sometime between Thursday night and Friday morning, NYPD surrounded Flatiron Plaza, where Broadway crosses Fifth Avenue, with concrete barriers. Similar barriers could be coming to public spaces throughout the city in the name of NYPD's counterterror initiatives.
July 18, 2017
NYC Businesses Losing Patience With DDC Plaza Construction Snafus
The same local business groups that publicly supported the city's plaza program often take a huge hit from the Department of Design and Construction's lengthy and unpredictable construction process.
February 3, 2017
The Times Square Plazas Are No Longer a Construction Zone
Before 2009, Times Square was a hellish place to walk. Pedestrians outnumbered vehicles nine to one but were confined to just 10 percent of the street space. The creation of car-free plazas on Broadway changed the equation, and now those plazas are a permanent fixture of the street.
January 3, 2017
Families for Safe Streets and DOT Cut the Ribbon on Myrtle-Wyckoff Plaza
The plaza, on the block of Wyckoff Avenue between Myrtle and Gates, is the centerpiece of a major safety project that will reduce conflicts between drivers and pedestrians at an intersection where three people were killed by motorists since 2009.
December 2, 2016
