Meatpacking District
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DOT to Beautify Another Meatpacking District Street
The current overly wide 10th Avenue terminus will be transformed with shared-street markings, tables, chairs, a bike lane and new pedestrian zones and crosswalks to get walkers from the area around the Whitney Museum to the Hudson River Greenway.
November 9, 2022
Meatpacking BID Plans Pedestrian ‘Oasis’ Near Hudson River
A new "Vision Plan" proposes to make the area near the High Line and West Street a "front porch" for the waterfront.
October 11, 2022
Streetfilms: ‘Talking Public Spaces’ in the Meatpacking District
See it: Gorgeous plazas with lush plantings in movable containers. Refurbished 19th-century factory buildings on quaint cobblestone streets. People sipping drinks under red cloth umbrellas — and hardly a car to be seen. Are we really in the Manhattan? Yes.
December 1, 2021
Eyes on the Street: Meatpacking Biz Group Has Seen the ‘Future’ of Public Space
They unpaved paradise and created a great open street.
September 12, 2020
SMILE! M14 Ridership Is Up As More Camera Enforcement Comes to the Busway
The Busway just keeps rolling, and car owners are staying on the run.
November 21, 2019
West Side and Sunset Park Community Boards Advance Bike Lanes and Plazas
Last night, two community boards in Sunset Park and Manhattan's West Side voted to support bike lanes, bike parking and permanent pedestrian plazas. As a result, Sunset Park will be receiving shared lane markings on Fifth Avenue, the permanent reconstruction of a plaza at Ninth Avenue and 14th Street will move ahead, and bike lanes and on-street corrals are on track for the West Side of Manhattan.
February 21, 2013
NYC’s Hottest Commercial Districts Are Awash in Livable Streets
Which parts of Manhattan have seen the healthiest commercial real estate markets since the economic collapse of 2008? It's the Meatpacking District and the area around Broadway between Union and Herald Squares, according to a new report by broker Janet Liff [PDF], covered by Crain's last week. Notably, says Liff, both of those neighborhoods have received significant improvements to their streets, adding more public space and increasing safety for walking and biking.
July 10, 2012
The New Gansevoort: Pedestrian Godsend, Nightclubber Nuisance
A DOT team received a mix of gratitude and derision at Tuesday's public forum about recent pedestrian improvements in the Meatpacking District, which attracted an audience of about 100 people to the Housing Works offices on West 13th Street. It was an interesting window onto the competing interests now vying to shape what has been, from the beginning, a genuinely community-based project seeking to put pedestrians on equal footing with vehicle traffic.
January 15, 2009
T.A. to Kick Off Bike Month With Wednesday 9th Avenue Ride
Transportation Alternatives will officially kick off Bike Month tomorrow with a morning ride down the 9th Avenue cycle track. The ride will start at 9th and 23rd Street, and will end at the 14th Street pedestrian plaza, where there will be a press conference to highlight Bike Month events. Word is DOT Commish Janette Sadik-Khan will be on hand.
May 6, 2008
Streetfilm: The Transformation of Meat Market Plaza
The past few weeks, we've kept an eye on the rapid progress of Gansevoort Plaza in the Meatpacking District. Lest we forget about its slightly older neighbor to the north, Meat Market Plaza, Streetfilms' Clarence Eckerson, Jr. cut together this short video capturing the site (Ninth Avenue between 14th and 15th Streets) before, during, and after construction. The project was completed last fall and is enjoying copious use with the advent of spring.
April 25, 2008