Comments on: Reinventing Grand Army Plaza: What Are Your Ideas? http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/12/13/reinventing-grand-army-plaza-what-are-your-ideas/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:30:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: mkultra http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/12/13/reinventing-grand-army-plaza-what-are-your-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-41853 mkultra Sat, 15 Dec 2007 18:55:31 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/12/13/reinventing-grand-army-plaza-what-are-your-ideas/#comment-41853 Any discussion of enlivening GAP as a place should include cutting gaps (no pun intended) in the planted berms to create better porosity with surrounding neighborhoods and remove the long dead stretch in the middle of the circle. Any discussion of enlivening GAP as a place should include cutting gaps (no pun intended) in the planted berms to create better porosity with surrounding neighborhoods and remove the long dead stretch in the middle of the circle.

]]> By: steveo http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/12/13/reinventing-grand-army-plaza-what-are-your-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-41804 steveo Fri, 14 Dec 2007 19:26:52 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/12/13/reinventing-grand-army-plaza-what-are-your-ideas/#comment-41804 Flatbush Ave is two lanes in each direction on either side of GAP, right? So you just need to keep those two lanes in each direction and it's not a bottleneck at all. (And probably preferable to encouraging everyone to spread out for a few hundred feet and then try to cram back together.) Flatbush Ave is two lanes in each direction on either side of GAP, right? So you just need to keep those two lanes in each direction and it's not a bottleneck at all.

(And probably preferable to encouraging everyone to spread out for a few hundred feet and then try to cram back together.)

]]> By: Gary http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/12/13/reinventing-grand-army-plaza-what-are-your-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-41796 Gary Fri, 14 Dec 2007 17:24:26 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/12/13/reinventing-grand-army-plaza-what-are-your-ideas/#comment-41796 I like the setup that Gapco proposed earlier this year (and you guys posted again recently). This intersection is a disaster for pedestrians, and it is a real challenge for motorists as well. We have a car, and the first time I had to navigate this wreck I was utterly confused. I like the setup that Gapco proposed earlier this year (and you guys posted again recently).

This intersection is a disaster for pedestrians, and it is a real challenge for motorists as well. We have a car, and the first time I had to navigate this wreck I was utterly confused.

]]> By: paulb http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/12/13/reinventing-grand-army-plaza-what-are-your-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-41789 paulb Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:55:54 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/12/13/reinventing-grand-army-plaza-what-are-your-ideas/#comment-41789 The plan outlined by the Coalition is so radical, but at the same time so good. It does seem likely to create a bottleneck for Flatbush Avenue traffic, if I've interpreted it correctly as having a narrower traffic corridor. One thing I'm wondering: should the new greenspace be re-graded, so as to produce a level area at what is now the park entrance, or allowed to remain as it is now, and grade uphill toward the park? The plan outlined by the Coalition is so radical, but at the same time so good. It does seem likely to create a bottleneck for Flatbush Avenue traffic, if I've interpreted it correctly as having a narrower traffic corridor.

One thing I'm wondering: should the new greenspace be re-graded, so as to produce a level area at what is now the park entrance, or allowed to remain as it is now, and grade uphill toward the park?

]]> By: BrooklynLove http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/12/13/reinventing-grand-army-plaza-what-are-your-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-41778 BrooklynLove Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:49:35 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/12/13/reinventing-grand-army-plaza-what-are-your-ideas/#comment-41778 is it still possible to go up inside the arch and on top? if not, they should open that back up again, with a guide of course. is it still possible to go up inside the arch and on top? if not, they should open that back up again, with a guide of course.

]]> By: ln http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/12/13/reinventing-grand-army-plaza-what-are-your-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-41747 ln Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:57:20 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/12/13/reinventing-grand-army-plaza-what-are-your-ideas/#comment-41747 What about thinking of a redesign that works for ALL the traffic circles in NYC where pedestrians and cyclists are seriously endangered? A few that spring to mind, and have bike lanes leading to/from them but not THROUGH them are Columbus Circle Frederick Douglass Circle (110/CPW&N) You can probably think of more...and a few traffic squares too. What about thinking of a redesign that works for ALL the traffic circles in NYC where pedestrians and cyclists are seriously endangered?

A few that spring to mind, and have bike lanes leading to/from them but not THROUGH them are
Columbus Circle
Frederick Douglass Circle (110/CPW&N)
You can probably think of more...and a few traffic squares too.

]]> By: Lacey http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/12/13/reinventing-grand-army-plaza-what-are-your-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-41746 Lacey Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:47:26 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/12/13/reinventing-grand-army-plaza-what-are-your-ideas/#comment-41746 I also wanted to mention the Campaign for Community-Based Planning's new blog: http://www.communitybasedplanningnyc.org... I'll be adding this information, and there's lots more about ways to get involved with shaping planning in New York City. I also wanted to mention the Campaign for Community-Based Planning's new blog: http://www.communitybasedplanningnyc.org... I'll be adding this information, and there's lots more about ways to get involved with shaping planning in New York City.

]]> By: Lacey http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/12/13/reinventing-grand-army-plaza-what-are-your-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-41745 Lacey Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:44:12 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/12/13/reinventing-grand-army-plaza-what-are-your-ideas/#comment-41745 This sounds like a really fun way to participate in planning for Grand Army Plaza. Crossing the street there can be a pretty stressful undertaking, not to mention trying to navigate the circle in a car! It is nice to see this organization reaching out to the community. This sounds like a really fun way to participate in planning for Grand Army Plaza. Crossing the street there can be a pretty stressful undertaking, not to mention trying to navigate the circle in a car! It is nice to see this organization reaching out to the community.

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