BACKGROUND: Transportation Enhancements funding – federal transportation dollars set aside for local projects – has been a powerful tool for communities to fund projects that enhance historic places. This program utilizes federal highway funding for new and non-traditional activities that enhance the community benefits of transportation investments, and six of the twelve approved activities involve […]
Park Slope Neighbors would like to extend a great big thank you to the 2,000 of you who have taken the time to sign our petition opposing the DOT’s plan to convert 6th and 7th Avenues to one-way traffic flow, and to the 700 or so residents who turned out Thursday night to make sure […]
From the New York Times March 18, 2007F. Y. I.By MICHAEL POLLAK No Parking? Not So FastQ. A neighbor in Bayside, Queens, replaced part of his lawn with concrete to form a driveway wide enough for two cars. But the curb in front of this additional parking space is still about 6 inches high, and […]
Existing: Proposed: From the Tribeca Trib: MTA Changes Transit Center Designs By Etta SandersPOSTED MARCH 2, 2007 In coming months every building on the east side of Broadway between Fulton and John Streets will come down and only the slender Corbin building on the corner will remain. The block-long demolition will clear the way for […]
Moses’ Highway Oriented City Would Have Meant Less For Everyone If a picture is worth a thousand words, than a model might be worth a million. This is the thought that came to me as I stared in fascination and horror at Robert Moses’ planned freeway across Manhattan on display at the Museum of the […]
From the New York Observer Spitzer Aide as Transit Savior:Arise Again, Moynihan Station!By: Matthew SchuermanDate: 2/12/2007Page: 8 On Election Day last November, Vishaan Chakrabarti, the name and face of the private developers that are planning to overhaul Pennsylvania Station and the area around it, called up Patrick Foye, an aide to Governor-to-be Eliot Spitzer, and […]
