Reclaiming Grand Army Plaza
Anyone who lives near Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza knows it is a nightmare to navigate if you are a pedestrian or cyclist. And with its proximity to Prospect Park it's also an area with vast potential for becoming one of the most popular public spaces in Brooklyn.
The Grand Army Plaza Coalition formed in the Spring of 2006 to help improve the area. Community driven, it is a prime example of how the public planning process should work and how the Department of Transportation should support such efforts from citizens to improve their quality of life. After all: no one knows a neighborhood better than the people who live there.
Recently, fifty members of the community met to brainstorm ideas of how to make the plaza safer, more accessible, greener, and people-oriented. The workshop was facilitated by Project for Public Spaces, which specializes in community Placemaking activities.
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Nicely done. Love the fast-motion effects, especially at the end when it segues into the real-time pedestrians.
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the traffic flow really looks insane when you see it from an aerial perspective - so much unnecessary and unused asphalt!
The report from this workshop is now available for download from http://www.grandarmyplaza.org
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