BlinkTag Inc » Urban Design http://blinktag.com Thu, 08 Jul 2010 04:50:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Diagonal streets closing for car free plazas http://blinktag.com/diagonal-streets-closing-for-car-free-plazas/ http://blinktag.com/diagonal-streets-closing-for-car-free-plazas/#comments Wed, 20 May 2009 18:18:08 +0000 Brendan Nee http://blnktag.com/?p=426 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.

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San Francisco recently closed part of 17th Street at Market in the Castro as a trial pedestrian plaza:

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via SFist
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