Streetsblog stories from Parks

October 2008

Fri 10: Eyes on the Street: Hudson Greenway Link Still a Big Tease 13

Fri 10: Public Picks Grand Army Plaza Design 7

Mon 6: Pedestrians Shoved Aside as Brooklyn Judges Cling to Plaza Parking 5

September 2008

Mon 22: CHEKPEDS: Check Up on Far West Side Proposals Tonight 6

Fri 19: Study Provides a New Vision for Allen and Pike Street Malls 4

Fri 12: How Would You Reinvent Grand Army Plaza? 11

July 2008

Thu 10: Streetfilms: Portland's Pioneer Courthouse Square 1

Mon 7: Streetfilms: FIGMENT Festival on Governors Island 0

June 2008

Wed 25: Want a New Public Plaza in Your Neighborhood? Apply Now. 0

Tue 24: Streetfilms: Hiking the Heights 0

Thu 12: Petrosino Square to Expand Into Lafayette Street 7

Thu 12: T.A.: Car-Free Central Park Would Ease Neighborhood Congestion 24

May 2008

Thu 22: SE Prospect Park Re-Design Includes Some Restrictions on Cars 7

Mon 19: Turn Out Tonight for a Ped-Friendly Prospect Park 0

Mon 12: Eyes on the Street: A Death-Defying Walk to Prospect Park 15

March 2008

Thu 20: Demo Today Against Park-Hogging Judges 7

Tue 11: Hudson River Greenway Bike Path Sabotaged 9

February 2008

Wed 20: Ideas Competition for Brooklyn's Grandest Plaza 17

Mon 4: City Subsidizing Boater Parking 10

January 2008

Wed 30: Fate of Pier 40 Could Be Determined Tomorrow 3

Thu 17: NYPD Tow Pound is Still a Major Source of Greenway Danger 15

Fri 11: What if DOT Simply Forgot to Open the Parks to Traffic? 19

Tue 8: What is Your Idea for Grand Army Plaza? 1

Fri 4: A Year After Eric Ng's Death, Greenway Hazards Remain Unfixed 42

Fri 4: Greenway Killer is Sentenced 3½ to 10½ Years 9

December 2007

Fri 21: Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway Comes to Life 6

Thu 20: City's First Bike Share Planned for Governors Island 8

Thu 13: Reinventing Grand Army Plaza: What Are Your Ideas? 8

Tue 11: New Grand Army Plaza Concept is "Brilliantly Obvious" 16

October 2007

Tue 23: Silver: "We're Not Doing Gansevoort Today." 10

Mon 22: Silver Stalls Plan to Reduce Garbage Truck Traffic 23

Wed 3: Yankees' Subsidy Deal Gets Stranger and Stranger 10

Tue 2: DOT Minds the GAP 9

September 2007

Mon 24: StreetFilms: Park(ing) Day 2007 8

Fri 21: More Park(ing) Day Photos 4

Fri 21: Myrtle Ave. Parking Spot Becomes a Park and Classroom 4

Thu 20: No Vote on Stadium Deal by Bronx Borough Board 0

Wed 19: Officers Stopping Cyclists in Central Park 28

Tue 18: City Hopes to Draw Constant Traffic to Subsidized Stadium Garages 1

Fri 7: Last Day for High Bridge Survey 6

Fri 7: The Bronx Is Burning Over Subsidized Stadium Parking 16

Wed 5: Take Me Out to the Yankees Parking Subsidy Hearing 18

August 2007

Wed 29: A Crash Course on Driver Safety for Parks Dept. Employees 15

Wed 22: Central Park 66th Street Transverse Is Unsafe 11

Tue 21: Speak Up for an Accessible Car-Free High Bridge 3

Mon 20: The Urban Transportation Report Card 7

Thu 16: As He Likes It: Weprin, and His Car, in the Park 12

Thu 16: Henry Hudson Bridge Closed Until 2010, Unless You're In a Car 5

Wed 15: A Brooklyn Parking Lot Becomes a Neighborhood "Living Room" 5

Mon 13: Commish Benepe Gently Reminds "Parkies" to Drive Safely 5

Fri 10: City Launches "Public Plaza Initiative" at DUMBO Pocket Park 21

Thu 9: Paint a Parking Lot, Put up a Paradise 1

Mon 6: New Blog Focuses on Tearing Down the "Highway to Nowhere" 7

Wed 1: Fear and Loathing on the Upper East Side 17

July 2007

Tue 31: Official Statement on Central Park Car-Free Hours Increase 30

Mon 16: In Chicago, Parks Funded By Parking Garages 3

Fri 13: How Do Bike Seizures Fit Into Bloomberg's "Green Plan" 15

Fri 13: Senator Decries Bronx Asthma Crisis Then Rejects Pricing 13

Thu 12: Report: New Parks Dept. Policy to Clip Locks and Seize Bikes 15

Mon 2: Rage on the Bikeway 28

June 2007

Fri 29: Go to Car-Free Governors Island 1

Tue 26: City: Commuter Needs Will Factor into High Bridge Plan 7

Mon 25: Brooklyn Greenway Initiative Benefit This Thursday 1

Mon 25: Count Cars Breaking the Law in Prospect Park! 35

Thu 21: Gov't Employee Parking at the High Bridge Rec Center 3

Tue 19: Will the Revitalized High Bridge be Bike-Friendly? 42

Mon 18: A Livable Streets Exhibition Opens in Brooklyn 1

Wed 13: Brainstorming a New Vision for Midtown's East River Waterfront 13

Tue 5: Fantasy Island 6

May 2007

Tue 29: Eyes on the Street: Transit Workers on Parade 1

Tue 22: To Some it's a Park, to Others, a Parking Lot 27

Fri 18: T.A. Rides with the Mayors of Sydney & Copenhagen 2

Tue 8: Ninth Street Update: Robert's Rules of Order 24

Mon 7: StreetFilms: Touring Brooklyn's Future Waterfront Greenway 0

Mon 7: They Cover the Waterfront: Brooklyn's Future Greenway 0

Tue 1: New York Magazine Casts a Cynical Eye on "Bloomtopia" 23

April 2007

Wed 25: Streetfilms: Little Legs for Green Streets 0

Mon 23: How Green Is Our Mayor 44

Thu 19: Visions of a Grander Grand Army Plaza 1

Thu 19: Grand Plans for Brooklyn's Iconic Public Space 7

Mon 16: Eyes on the Street: Horse Lane? 2

Tue 10: Take a Minute to Fax in Your Support for DOT's 9th Street Plan 0

Tue 3: Pedestrian and Bike Improvements Coming to Grand Army Plaza 36

Sun 1: Breaking News: Frieden Tapped as DOT Commish 14

March 2007

Wed 28: Eyes on the Street: Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn 12

Fri 23: Eyes on the Street: Randall's Island 6

January 2007

Wed 10: Playable Streets 3

Mon 8: Bloomberg on Bicycling 24

December 2006

Thu 14: Central Park Cyclist in Serious Condition 25

Fri 8: Seoul's New Heart 10

November 2006

Wed 22: Sacrificing Central Park to Appease the Traffic Gods 11

Mon 20: The Traffic is the Mitigation 10

October 2006

Thu 26: The Bronx is Burning Bicycling 3

Thu 26: Flushing Meadows: Park or Parking Lot? 2

Wed 25: Pedestrian-Friendly Changes for Grand Army Plaza 11

Thu 12: Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway: Important Meeting Tonight 0

September 2006

Fri 29: Central Park(ing Lot) 10

Mon 25: Aiming to Reduce Car Use Around Brooklyn's New Park 8

Mon 25: More Park(ing) Photos From San Fran 1

Mon 25: Streetfilms: Park(ing) Day San Francisco 0

Thu 21: Parking it in Midtown 21

August 2006

Mon 28: The Suburbanization of NYC's Waterfront 12

Sat 12: The Post 'Drops the Ball' on Yankee Stadium Story 3

Tue 8: Eyes On the Dog Run 3

July 2006

Thu 20: Hugh Hardy: Architect Calls for Fresh Take on Public Life 9