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Car Harms Tuesday: Cars Are Just Ugly

New York has always had businesses and people using its streets for work and play. But it hasn’t always had this many cars, and never before have they been this big.

By Robin Graven-Milne

12:02 AM EDT on May 27, 2025

New York has always had businesses and people using its streets for work and play. It hasn’t always had this many cars, and never before have they been this big.

Robin Graven-Milne

Robin Graven-Milne runs Bike Plant, a bicycle repair shop in Bedford-Stuyvesant, and is working on a memoir about getting into the bike business.

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