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		<title>Diagonal streets closing for car free plazas</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 18:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brendan Nee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Both New York and San Francisco, there are streets closing to create new pedestrian plazas. New York has begun closing parts of Broadway in Times Square and Herald Square on weekends to create additional pedestrian space in these busy areas. San Francisco recently closed part of 17th Street at Market in the Castro as a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Both New York and San Francisco, there are streets closing to create new pedestrian plazas.</p>
<p>New York has begun <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/20/nyregion/20closings.html?ref=nyregion">closing parts of Broadway in Times Square and Herald Square</a> on weekends to create additional pedestrian space in these busy areas.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-427 colorbox-426" title="20closingsmap" src="http://blinktag.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/20closingsmap.jpg" alt="20closingsmap" width="190" height="422" /></p>
<p>San Francisco<a href="http://castrocbd.org/content/17th-street-plaza"> recently closed part of 17th Street at Market in the Castro</a> as a trial pedestrian plaza:</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-428 colorbox-426" title="final_castro_17th_siteplan_050609" src="http://blinktag.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/final_castro_17th_siteplan_050609-300x209.gif" alt="final_castro_17th_siteplan_050609" width="300" height="209" /> <a href="http://castrocbd.org/content/images/stories/gallery/17thst_plaza/DSCF1580.jpg"><img class="alignleft colorbox-426" src="http://castrocbd.org/content/plugins/content/plugin_jw_sig/showthumb.php?img=gallery/17thst_plaza/DSCF1580.jpg&amp;width=200&amp;height=140&amp;quality=80" alt="" width="186" height="140" /></a></p>
<div style="clear:both;">Finally, <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/20/BA4N17NHVC.DTL&amp;hw=market+street&amp;sn=001&amp;sc=1000">San Francisco is now closer to considering a carfree Market Street</a>:<br />
<a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2009/05/20/MN4N17NHVC.DTL&amp;o=1"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-429 colorbox-426" title="ba-marketstreet0_sfcg1242796902" src="http://blinktag.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/ba-marketstreet0_sfcg1242796902-300x152.jpg" alt="ba-marketstreet0_sfcg1242796902" width="300" height="152" /></a></div>
<div style="clear:both;">via <a href="http://sfist.com/2009/05/20/pedestrian_plazas_and_street_closur.php">SFist</a></div>
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