Sidewalks
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Eyes on the Street: Dodging Drivers on the Sidewalk
Heads up, New Yorkers. You never know when your neighborhood sidewalk will turn into a construction detour for motorists.
December 17, 2014
Pima County Holds Better Sidewalks Hostage to Get a Road Expansion
West of downtown Tucson, Arizona, the city runs up against the interstate first and then the mountains, cutting off development. But east of downtown, the city sprawls on for miles. The Sunshine Mile, a shopping and dining corridor centered on Broadway Boulevard, stretches two miles just east of downtown, between Euclid Avenue and Country Club Road.
December 16, 2014
Eyes on the Street: Keeping Trash Off the Sidewalks in Buenos Aires
Clarence Eckerson has been following our #sidewalkhogs competition while in South America. He sends this photo from Buenos Aires.
July 8, 2014
Eyes on the Street: Whole Foods Takes the Whole Bike Lane (and Sidewalk)
The huge surface parking lot and inward-facing, suburban-style design were bad enough. Now the Gowanus Whole Foods Market is taking over the Third Avenue bike lane and sidewalk as a private loading zone.
May 2, 2014
DOT Proposes Crosswalk Fix Where Renee Thompson Was Killed
In September, 16-year-old Renee Thompson was walking to the subway after getting off work just after 10 p.m., when, crossing Third Avenue at 60th Street, she was hit and killed by a turning truck driver. Now DOT is proposing shorter crossing distances at the intersection, but Community Board 8's transportation committee wants the agency to go further and also look at the dangers pedestrians face just one block away, where drivers jostle along Second Avenue to get on to the Queensboro Bridge.
January 15, 2014
Eyes on the Street: NYC Keeps Rolling Out the Bioswales in Queens
It's fair to say that I've been geeking out over streetscape improvements in NYC that incorporate plantings to manage stormwater runoff (here, here, and here). These sidewalk expansions are popping up all over the place near my apartment in Jackson Heights.
September 4, 2013
Eyes on the Street: Converting the Sidewalk to Private Parking in the Bronx
Looking to park at 3059 Bainbridge Avenue in the Bronx? There are plenty of options. The property has a garage, not to mention the free on-street parking. But that wasn't enough for the owner of this property, who decided to commandeer some of the public sidewalk, pave it over with asphalt, fence it in, and use the handicapped-accessible pedestrian ramp as the curb cut to a personal driveway.
June 20, 2013
Positively 3rd Street
Strolling up 3rd Street in Park Slope from 7th Avenue toward Prospect Park, it’s easy to see this is one of the most magnificent streets in what is, let’s face it, one of the prettiest neighborhoods in the city. The homes, built in the late 19th century and often clad in white stone, are set back further. The double flanking of trees lend a calming tone. A bike lane is set along one side of the one-way street.
January 25, 2013