Saturday, July 12, 2008

Summer in the City

A couple more notes about what's happening here at home in NYC.

More green news! The city is creating a public esplanade along that ugly eight-block stretch of Broadway between Times Square and Herald Square. It will feature pedestrian-only areas and a real bike path with planters to separate it from the car traffic (which will be reduced by two lanes). Hallelujah!

Here in Queens, the free movies at Socrates Sculpture Park began screening last Wednesday. We'll be organizing a regular picnic-party each week starting on July 23 with the screening of "Chop Shop," which is set along the strip of auto body repair shops in the Willet's Point section of my hometown, Flushing. This area is the targeted for major redevelopment which not everybody is happy about. Here's the latest on the subject via Queenscrap.

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