Comments on: A New Vision for the Meatpacking District http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/10/23/a-new-vision-for-the-meatpacking-district/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:57:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: ARROWWAY http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/10/23/a-new-vision-for-the-meatpacking-district/#comment-8708 ARROWWAY Tue, 31 Oct 2006 21:33:58 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/10/20/a-new-vision-for-the-meatpacking-district/#comment-8708 IT IS GOOD TO SEE NEW YORK CITY OFFICIALS ARE BEING CREATIVE WITH THE DESIGN OF TFRAFFIC INTERMINGLED WITH AND EVENTS PAVILLION IN THE PLAZA FOR THOSE TO VIEW...BUT WILL THEIR BE AN EVENTS BULLETEN BOARD SO PARTY GOERS COULD PREREGISTER THIER RSVP INVITATION ADDMISSION ETC..AS THEY VIEW THAT NIGHTS/WEEKS EVENT PROMOTED IN THE PLAZA ? IT IS GOOD TO SEE NEW YORK CITY OFFICIALS ARE BEING CREATIVE WITH THE DESIGN OF TFRAFFIC INTERMINGLED WITH AND EVENTS PAVILLION IN THE PLAZA FOR THOSE TO VIEW...BUT WILL THEIR BE AN EVENTS BULLETEN BOARD SO PARTY GOERS COULD PREREGISTER THIER RSVP INVITATION ADDMISSION ETC..AS THEY VIEW THAT NIGHTS/WEEKS EVENT PROMOTED IN THE PLAZA ?

]]> By: kevin bracken http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/10/23/a-new-vision-for-the-meatpacking-district/#comment-7685 kevin bracken Wed, 25 Oct 2006 23:24:13 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/10/20/a-new-vision-for-the-meatpacking-district/#comment-7685 one night at 4 AM, cielo had just let its patrons outside after a long night of dancing. with nothing to do, the people milled around the cobblestone little w12th street wondering "what next"? the outlaw on coney island had been broken up. suddenly, a van drives up and starts blasting music. hundreds of people begin dancing in the street wildly! a young couple dash off, produce four traffic cones and block off the street. the beats go on, driving the crowd to fete until they sweat. eventually, the NYPD came. they didn't think it was very funny. :D if that's not a good use of public space, i don't know what is. one night at 4 AM, cielo had just let its patrons outside after a long night of dancing. with nothing to do, the people milled around the cobblestone little w12th street wondering "what next"? the outlaw on coney island had been broken up.

suddenly, a van drives up and starts blasting music. hundreds of people begin dancing in the street wildly! a young couple dash off, produce four traffic cones and block off the street. the beats go on, driving the crowd to fete until they sweat.

eventually, the NYPD came. they didn't think it was very funny. :D

if that's not a good use of public space, i don't know what is.

]]> By: Karl Candy http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/10/23/a-new-vision-for-the-meatpacking-district/#comment-7142 Karl Candy Mon, 23 Oct 2006 20:17:41 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/10/20/a-new-vision-for-the-meatpacking-district/#comment-7142 Fun fact: this triangle was used by the 90's indie movie STONEWALL as a setting in which to recreate the title riot. This, after the actual Stonewall bar refused permission to film there. Fun fact: this triangle was used by the 90's indie movie STONEWALL as a setting in which to recreate the title riot. This, after the actual Stonewall bar refused permission to film there.

]]> By: neighbordowntown http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/10/23/a-new-vision-for-the-meatpacking-district/#comment-7138 neighbordowntown Mon, 23 Oct 2006 20:05:22 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/10/20/a-new-vision-for-the-meatpacking-district/#comment-7138 this type of project is being proposed downtown in a much less overrun wedge of cobblestones called peck slip. its currently a parking lot with a park in the proposal phase. maybe if everyone on the community side shared notes accross neighborhoods we could turn the entire city into pedestrian/resident friendly piazzas in our lifetimes!! this type of project is being proposed downtown in a much less overrun wedge of cobblestones called peck slip.

its currently a parking lot with a park in the proposal phase.

maybe if everyone on the community side shared notes accross neighborhoods we could turn the entire city into pedestrian/resident friendly piazzas in our lifetimes!!

]]> By: Steve http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/10/23/a-new-vision-for-the-meatpacking-district/#comment-7113 Steve Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:01:13 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/10/20/a-new-vision-for-the-meatpacking-district/#comment-7113 DOT hopefully will change its slavish dedication to the car and begin changing street configurations to favor pedestrians. Hopefully. DOT hopefully will change its slavish dedication to the car and begin changing street configurations to favor pedestrians. Hopefully.

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