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Ideas Competition for Brooklyn’s Grandest Plaza
The Grand Army Plaza Coalition (GAPCo) and The Design Trust for Public Space have launched a website for their "Ideas Competition" called Reinventing Grand Army Plaza, which is intended to generate new visions for the plaza's design. The jury will award three cash prizes to the winners, and along with other top entries will be exhibited in an outdoor exhibition at Grand Army Plaza later this year.
February 20, 2008
Brodsky Sows Doubt, Misinformation at Brooklyn Pricing Debate
Fred Siegel of the Progressive Policy Institute moderated Sunday's debate.
February 19, 2008
New York Can Do Better Than the “New Fourth Avenue”
New developments on Brooklyn's Fourth Avenue like the Crest have turned their back on the public realm.
February 6, 2008
Reinventing Grand Army Plaza on Lopate Tomorrow
More and more, we're seeing grassroots, community-driven Livable Streets project gaining traction on the citywide level. Here's another example of just that:
February 5, 2008
Word on the Street: Pricing “Like Charging You to Breathe”
WNYC had a short piece on the upcoming congestion panel vote this morning. It's a series of "word on the street" comments. Some of them are funny, others not so much. The gist is that a lot of people still don't know -- or don't believe -- that pricing revenues will be invested in transit.
January 31, 2008
Parking Workshops Set for Queens and Brooklyn
The Department of Transportation will hold three more neighborhood parking workshops this week, two in Queens and one in Brooklyn.
January 28, 2008
Illegal Parking Now “Legal” for Marty Markowitz
Yesterday we wondered if the city might be convinced to reconcile its vision of a sustainable city with its anti-urban parking policies. We'll mark this one in the "no" column.
January 16, 2008
From Mad Messenger to More Peaceful Cyclist
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I was a bicycle courier.
January 14, 2008
What is Your Idea for Grand Army Plaza?
The Grand Army Plaza Coalition, which recently won a grant from the Design Trust for Public Spaces, has launched an Ideas Competition for its Reinventing Grand Army Plaza project. If you want to participate, answer the following questions in full sentences, and email your responses by the end of the week to survey@reinventingGAP.org.
January 8, 2008