Comments on: Streetfilms: A New Play Street for Jackson Heights http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/07/25/streetfilms-a-new-play-street-comes-to-jackson-heights/ 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: Len Maniace http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/07/25/streetfilms-a-new-play-street-comes-to-jackson-heights/comment-page-1/#comment-275457 Len Maniace Sat, 07 Aug 2010 16:09:10 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/07/25/streetfilms-a-new-play-street-comes-to-jackson-heights/#comment-275457 78th Street is uniquely suited for a playstreet/pedestrian plaza in this area; It's closing has no impact on auto access. On one side of the street is a park; On the other are the sides of a business and an apartment buidling, and the back of a school. We are looking at other parcels in the area to expand the playground into a larger park and have successfully worked to win construction of a youth-size baseball field about a half-mile away on city park property. To read more about what we are doing to make Jackson Heights a more environmentally sustainabley neighborhood, check out The Green Agenda for Jackson Heights website at http://thegreenagenda.webs.com. 78th Street is uniquely suited for a playstreet/pedestrian plaza in this area; It’s closing has no impact on auto access. On one side of the street is a park; On the other are the sides of a business and an apartment buidling, and the back of a school.

We are looking at other parcels in the area to expand the playground into a larger park and have successfully worked to win construction of a youth-size baseball field about a half-mile away on city park property.

To read more about what we are doing to make Jackson Heights a more environmentally sustainabley neighborhood, check out The Green Agenda for Jackson Heights website at http://thegreenagenda.webs.com.

]]> By: Heffron http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/07/25/streetfilms-a-new-play-street-comes-to-jackson-heights/comment-page-1/#comment-54171 Heffron Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:53:53 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/07/25/streetfilms-a-new-play-street-comes-to-jackson-heights/#comment-54171 I think the logic is to expand the present park space. It's heavily used and could stand to be bigger to accommodate all the people, so this is a way to make Travers Park temporarily bigger. I think the logic is to expand the present park space. It’s heavily used and could stand to be bigger to accommodate all the people, so this is a way to make Travers Park temporarily bigger.

]]> By: Cathy http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/07/25/streetfilms-a-new-play-street-comes-to-jackson-heights/comment-page-1/#comment-54159 Cathy Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:00:44 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/07/25/streetfilms-a-new-play-street-comes-to-jackson-heights/#comment-54159 If the neighborhood is short on parks, why make a play street next to an already existing park? Wouldn't it be better in an area that doesn't have one within walking distance? If the neighborhood is short on parks, why make a play street next to an already existing park? Wouldn’t it be better in an area that doesn’t have one within walking distance?

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