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Letter From Brooklyn (Guest Voice)
Original at The Moderate Voice
• Sat, May 30
Following an edict from the pedestrian-friendly Bloomberg administration, the city has closed five blocks of Broadway in Times Square and in Herald Square (two or three blocks around 34th Street) to cars, buses and trucks, turning them into pedestrian ...
Broadway Getting a Makeunder
Original at BlackBook Magazine
• Thu, May 28
NY Broadway, as in the street in New York, the street where all great scenes of “busy New York” are shot, is in the midst of a transition. As of last week, a stretch of five blocks in the middle of Times Square (47th to 42nd) is now closed to ...
Times Square becomes pedestrian mall
Original at New Zealand Herald
• Fri, May 22
New Zealand Photo / New York Tourism NEW YORK - Start spreading the news: You soon will be able to walk through the very heart of it in Times Square. New York City is launching an experiment tomorrow to ban cars on five blocks of Broadway from 42nd Street to 47th ...
Amid Times Square chaos, now a pedestrian mall
Original at google.com
• Fri, May 22
Broadway will be closed to vehicle traffic for five blocks at Times Square, turning part of the "Crossroads of the World" into a pedestrian mall of throbbing lights, animated billboards and towering skyscrapers. The city believes the move will reduce ...
Amid Times Square chaos, now a pedestrian mall
Original at Kansas City Star
• Fri, May 22
MO The collision of avenues that helped name this place the "Crossroads of the World" is getting a makeover: Starting this Sunday evening, Broadway will become a pedestrian mall closed to vehicle traffic for five blocks at Times Square. ...
Amid Times Square chaos, now a pedestrian mall
Original at google.com
• Fri, May 22
NEW YORK (AP) — Start spreading the news: You soon will be able to walk through the very heart of it in Times Square. New York City is launching an experiment Sunday to ban cars on five blocks of Broadway from 42nd Street to 47th Street to reduce ... Streetsblog New York - Chicago Public Radio