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Pedestrian Plazas

"Batman" smiles as he waits for customers at Times Square in New York on February 27, 2015.

Batman Vs. Naked Cowboy: The Fight Over Taming Times Square

The Naked Cowboy doesn't mind being constrained within Times Square, but Batman does not intend to go quietly.
By Jillian Jorgensen
Topless performers in Times Square. (Photo: Ross Barkan for Observer)

City Planning Chairman: ‘There’s Nothing in Times Square That Ever Surprises Me’

While the bare breasts of Times Square's painted ladies seemed to have shocked some officials, City Planning Chairman Carl Weisbrod—often credited with cleaning up Times Square the first time around—is a bit non-nonplussed.
By Jillian Jorgensen
Costumed street performers pose with tourists for tips in Times Square on July 28, 2014 in New York City. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Times Square Business Leader: Panhandling, Not Toplessness, Is the Real Problem

Times Square Alliance President Tim Tompkins called the desnudas "a total distraction" and stood up for the pedestrian plazas.
By Will Bredderman
The ribbon cutting. Only a few more of these left that Bloomberg can claim before he leaves office.

Among the Last Pedestrian Plazas of the Bloomberg Era, Marcy Avenue Plaza Is Unveiled in Brooklyn

By Kim Velsey

A Tale of Two Pedestrian Plazas: Transformation In Corona, Lamentations in Astoria

By Matt Chaban
Pedestrians? My word!

Bulldogs! Might Some Entitled Yalies Torpedo Plan to Pedestrianize Vanderbilt Avenue?

By Matt Chaban
Lights, camera, Queens Plaza! (ArchPaper)

Will Queens Plaza Become the New Times Square?

By Matt Chaban
The tip of the triangle. (Vaidila Kungys/NYC DOT)

Times Square Comes to East New York: Pedestrian Plazas Aren’t Just for Midtown

By Matt Chaban

The Bicycle Wars of 1893—Still Being Fought Today

By Matt Chaban

Sadik-Khan Kowtows to Critics, or Is 34th Street Just a Bait-and-Switch?

By Matt Chaban
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