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Flatiron street to become pedestrian plaza |
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By 23rd Street Association on
7/31/2008 2:24 PM
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By Sabina Mollot
As part of the city’s attempt to become more pedestrian friendly as well as give a boost to local businesses, several busy sections of streets throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx will soon be converted into car-free zones with tables, chairs and decorative plantings.
One of the areas destined by a pedestrian plaza, where work is already well underway, is the west side of Madison Square Park, where Fifth Avenue and Broadway connect.
Dubbed “The Madison Park Pedestrian Project,” the conversion will create over 35,000 square feet of public space filled with 40 tables and large umbrellas, 110 chairs and 170 plantings, including shrubs and trees, in three areas. Those three plaza areas are located between 22nd and 23rd Streets between Broadway and the Flatiron Building, between 23rd and 24th Streets where there is currently a small island in the middle of the intersection and around the Worth monument in the park.
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Maloney announces $492G grant for Solar 2 |
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By 23rd Street Association on
7/24/2008 1:23 PM
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By Sabina Mollot
Plans for the construction of Solar 2, which will be the city’s first carbon neutral building, were helped along this week with the announcement of a $492,000 donation.
The money, which came in the form of a federal grant secured by Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, will finance detailed design and construction drawings of Solar 2, the eventual replacement for Solar One, a one-room environmental center in Stuyvesant Cove Park.
“Solar 2 will be an iconic structure in New York City,” said Chris Collins, Solar One’s executive director, “and we look forward to working with the congresswoman to make Solar Two a reality.”
Solar One, itself a “green” building, has long since outgrown its single-room space. Solar 2 will be located where Solar One is now, and based on the current center’s design, only larger. It will also have a solar roof, technology that produces heat from the earth’s exterior and collect rainwa ...
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Pushing 'no honking' signs in Gramercy Park |
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23rd Street Association
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By Program Director on
6/26/2008
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By Esther O. Perez-Quesada
The traffic on 21st Street, between Third Avenue and Park Avenue South, is unbearable, not just to commuters but to the residents of Gramercy Park North, who according to Arlene Harrison, president of the Gramercy Park Block Association, have to live with cars honking at all hours of the day and night.
"For years traffic on Gramercy Park North has been a major quality of life issue," said Harrison, representing the Association's Traffic Committee that pushed a request to have "No honking" signs placed along that corridor.
Currently the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is conducting a series of tests that measure noise levels throughout the day, which will determine if their requests for the signs are warranted.
According to Toni Carlina, district manager for Community Board 6, the highest noise decibels allowed for the Gramercy Park area is 87, which is equival ...
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