STREETFILMS: The Peaceful Pedestrian Plazas of Paris … And What They Can Teach Us
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Pedestrianization: It's the past — and the future — of cities.
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Clarence Eckerson
STREETFILMS: Montréal is Showing the Way
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No wonder they call it the Great White North. Check out these two short films from the Paris of North America.
The Craziest Anti-Bike Lane Arguments We’ve Heard
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Professional bike advocates have heard some wild excuses not to build bike lanes. Here's a video of their all-time favorites.
StreetFilms: Upper West Side Streets Renaissance With Jan Gehl
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A standing room-only crowd turned out for last night’s Upper West Side Streets Renaissance event with Danish urban designer Jan Gehl and DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan. All in all, it was an inspiring night and we’ll have a more detailed write-up later today. Though Gehl wasn’t allowed to get too specific about the work he […]
Envisioning an Upper West Side Streets Renaissance
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If you’re thinking about coming to tonight’s Upper West Side workshop with Jan Gehl but you are having trouble picturing what a "Streets Renaissance" might look like, the video above was made for you. It consists of a series of photo simulations produced by New York City Streets Renaissance Creative Director Carly Clark. Whipped into […]
1,200 Pack Town Hall for “How New Yorkers Ride Bikes”
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Streetfilms’ Clarence Eckerson was at Town Hall on Saturday night for the New Yorker Festival’s "How New Yorkers Ride Bikes," hosted by former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne. Clarence wasn’t allowed to film the event so he published a nice write-up on StreetFilms. Some excerpts: Mr. Byrne, dressed in black and sporting his cool taxi-yellow […]