Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Parks

Study Provides a New Vision for Allen and Pike Street Malls

By Sarah Goodyear | Sep 19, 2008 | 5 Comments

Local residents turned out to give their opinions on the renovation of the malls early last summer. Residents of the Lower East Side and Chinatown have been fighting for improvements to the Allen and Pike Street pedestrian malls for more than a decade. Now, with the city’s Parks Department set to begin a $5.4 million […]

New Blog Focuses on Tearing Down the “Highway to Nowhere”

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 6, 2007 | 7 Comments

Sheridan Swap is a new blog covering the Mother of All Livable Streets projects — the long-running campaign to convert one mile of little-used highway running along the Bronx River into affordable housing, parkland, greenway and economic opportunity for one of the city’s most beleaguered neighborhoods. The blog is run by the Southern Bronx River […]

T.A. Rides with the Mayors of Sydney & Copenhagen

By Jason Varone | May 18, 2007 | 2 Comments

T.A. Rides with the Mayors of Sydney & Copenhagen A StreetFilm by Clarence Eckerson Jr. Running Time: 3 minutes 3 seconds On the closing day of New York City’s historic C40 Climate Summit, Lord Mayor Clover Moore of Sydney, Australia and Copenhagen’s Mayor of the Technical & Environmental Administration Klaus Bondam took a lunch break […]

They Cover the Waterfront: Brooklyn’s Future Greenway

By Sarah Goodyear | May 7, 2007 | No Comments

Opening this summer: East River State Park on the Brooklyn waterfront It was a dreamy spring day on the Brooklyn waterfront as more than 100 bikers set out to trace the proposed route of the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway. Starting at the end of Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint, cyclists were treated to views of the soon-to-open […]

Streetfilms: Little Legs for Green Streets

By Jason Varone | Apr 25, 2007 | No Comments

Little Legs For Green Streets A StreetFilm by Clarence Eckerson Jr. Running Time: 2 minutes 41 seconds This Streetfilm celebrates the students at P.S. 321 in Park Slope who are going green. The entire school participated in an Earth Day walk-a-thon to raise money for Transportation Alternatives, Amazon Watch, and Added Value.

How Green Is Our Mayor

By Sarah Goodyear | Apr 23, 2007 | 44 Comments

Bookending his much-vaunted Earth Day speech with congratulatory video clips from California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Mayor Mike Bloomberg called for New Yorkers to take the initiative in the international fight against global warming, positioning himself as a leader on the issue. "Climate change is a national challenge, and meeting […]

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