Comments on: Today’s Headlines http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/01/todays-headlines-253/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dan http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/01/todays-headlines-253/comment-page-1/#comment-37788 Dan Mon, 01 Oct 2007 20:21:35 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/01/todays-headlines-253/#comment-37788 DD- Thanks for...um..agreeing with me. There was a time when I thought that New York was some kind of ungovernable morass of vandals and neerdowells. But that vision is proved wrong all the time. Moreover, thinking of the city as a place with no civic glue and no general sense of itself as a place diminishes us all. DD-

Thanks for…um..agreeing with me. There was a time when I thought that New York was some kind of ungovernable morass of vandals and neerdowells. But that vision is proved wrong all the time. Moreover, thinking of the city as a place with no civic glue and no general sense of itself as a place diminishes us all.

]]> By: ddartley http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/01/todays-headlines-253/comment-page-1/#comment-37773 ddartley Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:37:01 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/01/todays-headlines-253/#comment-37773 Build one to link Williamsburg to Manhattan. Free up some space on that L train! Build one to link Williamsburg to Manhattan. Free up some space on that L train!

]]> By: ddartley http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/01/todays-headlines-253/comment-page-1/#comment-37772 ddartley Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:30:01 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/01/todays-headlines-253/#comment-37772 Just have to chime in to agree with Dan. Nicely said. Just have to chime in to agree with Dan. Nicely said.

]]> By: Dan http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/01/todays-headlines-253/comment-page-1/#comment-37768 Dan Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:17:49 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/01/todays-headlines-253/#comment-37768 I'm so tired of the incredible skepticism of New York's elite to the idea that New Yorkers can use public spaces/utilities/bikes without it turning any program or civic good into a disaster plagued by vandalism and theft. New York is the safest big city in the United States, it recently suffered a terrorist attack and a huge blackout with practically no civic unrest. The citizens of New York deserve nice things. I’m so tired of the incredible skepticism of New York’s elite to the idea that New Yorkers can use public spaces/utilities/bikes without it turning any program or civic good into a disaster plagued by vandalism and theft. New York is the safest big city in the United States, it recently suffered a terrorist attack and a huge blackout with practically no civic unrest. The citizens of New York deserve nice things.

]]> By: Angus Grieve-Smith http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/01/todays-headlines-253/comment-page-1/#comment-37760 Angus Grieve-Smith Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:29:18 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/01/todays-headlines-253/#comment-37760 <blockquote>Bloomberg also toured a steel and oak pedestrian-and-bike-only crossing over the River Seine that's helped revitalize a formerly industrial neighborhood.</blockquote> That bridge is pretty cool: http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=beauvoir+pont

Bloomberg also toured a steel and oak pedestrian-and-bike-only crossing over the River Seine that’s helped revitalize a formerly industrial neighborhood.

That bridge is pretty cool:

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=beauvoir+pont

]]> By: socialscientist http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/01/todays-headlines-253/comment-page-1/#comment-37757 socialscientist Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:19:28 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/01/todays-headlines-253/#comment-37757 Man crushed by Van... When will enough be enough? It is time to get rid of the private auto, folks. It never was a good idea. Man crushed by Van… When will enough be enough? It is time to get rid of the private auto, folks. It never was a good idea.

]]> By: Hilary http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/01/todays-headlines-253/comment-page-1/#comment-37753 Hilary Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:59:49 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/01/todays-headlines-253/#comment-37753 "Like picnicking at the Holland Tunnel." I DID have a picnic at the the Holland Tunnel -- around 1960! My mother had a wagon full of kids on our way to something when the car broke down, limped smoking to the Manhattan exit, and there we had our picnic. So when I spied the recent renovation of the Canal St. entrance - with what look to me like BARBECUE GRILLS in a gravel park?! - I promised my 85-year old mother I'd take her back for a reunion. “Like picnicking at the Holland Tunnel.” I DID have a picnic at the the Holland Tunnel — around 1960! My mother had a wagon full of kids on our way to something when the car broke down, limped smoking to the Manhattan exit, and there we had our picnic. So when I spied the recent renovation of the Canal St. entrance – with what look to me like BARBECUE GRILLS in a gravel park?! – I promised my 85-year old mother I’d take her back for a reunion.

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