Learning from Manhattan’s Urban Imperfections
Learning from Manhattan’s Urban Imperfections
NOV. 1, 2019 By MICHAEL HUSTON Read More: https://www.cnu.org/publicsquare/201...-imperfections Quote:
Some of the varied ways that buildings meet the sidewalk when there is no storefront or stoop. While these may not be ideal conditions, they are prevalent, even in high density areas. (Photos: Left, by Daniel E. Morales, middle/right by M. Huston) https://www.cnu.org/sites/default/fi...n-huston-1.jpg Examples of two one-way conditions in Manhattan. The one-way street on the left has one goal in mind, to move cars as fast as possible. Such streets—while efficient from a traffic point of view—are hostile to the pedestrian. On the right, a more benign use of the one-way street. Here, the bicycle lane, which arguably is not needed for a quiet residential street, helps reduce the apparent width of the travel lane while still allowing larger vehicles to navigate the street. (Photos, left, by D. Morales, right, by M. Huston) https://www.cnu.org/sites/default/fi...n-huston-2.jpg Left, this tower-in-a-park in the middle of Chelsea works because it is the exception, not the rule, and because the open space has been amenitized as a public park. Right, just a block away to the north, the open space has been converted to surface parking, which unfortunately, is a far more frequent use of the open space. (Photos: Left by Fei Chin; right, from Google Earth Street View) https://www.cnu.org/sites/default/fi...n-huston-3.jpg Left, a well-known long east-west block in Midtown Manhattan. Right, a pedestrian passage used to break the long block in Midtown (photos: left by M. Huston; right by D. Morales) https://www.cnu.org/sites/default/fi...n-huston-4.jpg Some of the ways that garbage and debris intrude on the sidewalk experience because of the lack of alleys. (photos by D. Morales) https://www.cnu.org/sites/default/fi...n-huston-5.jpg |
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