Comments on: Summer Streets 2008 (NYC)

By: Joao Lacerda

Joao Lacerda — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:51:01 +0000

Cornelius Valderbuilt is on another video from and older new york...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v7QfCxuvLo

By: ollie g

ollie g — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:52:34 +0000

oh what a wonderful film. it really represnted how fun that day was. i especially liked the nice looking middle-aged man near the middle of the film. his painting looked especially nice and i was looking to see is he would like to show it at the mary boone.

By: terry

terry — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:03:39 +0000

how about forwarding this film to every major city in the states. i'm from sacramento and what fun this could be for all. one day a month no cars on a major stretch of your city. thanks. t

By: Katie Salay

Katie Salay — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:43:23 +0000

This looks like an incredible time and made me miss New York like you wouldn't believe!

By: Anne

Anne — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:32:10 +0000

Every city should do this every Saturday. It is a wonderful event and gets people out exercising, socializing and having FUN! Great idea. I hope to implement this in my city.

By: Iyengar Yoga Teacher, tony eason

Iyengar Yoga Teacher, tony eason — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:55:23 +0000

Great Job New York City! And thanks to your city's participation & the Mayor of San Francisco, Gavin Newson, San Francisco will have the opportunity to experience the addition of Sunday Street - S.F.

On 31 August 2008 & 14 September 2008, the city of San Francisco will open up a stretch of roadway bringing physical activity space to our neighborhoods, creating a route for thousands of local families, kids and adults to walk, jog, bike, skate, dance, practice yoga, enjoy tai chi, hola hoop, jump rope, engage in water sports, as well as participate in senior activities. Safe, fun activities that will attract people from throughout San Francisco and the entire Bay Area.

Check out: Sunday Streets Course Map: http://sundaystreetssf.com/coursemap.html

Bay Area and San Francisco residents of all ages, families, local businesses, visitors and community organizations are all invited and encouraged to join the fun. Come one come all. And it's 100% free.

As part of this pilot program - Free Yoga Classes will be offered at the Ferry Park (between Washington & Clay streets, off of Drumm - right next to the Embarcadero #4). Bring a yoga mat, a beach towel and/or your favorite shoes - I think you'll like it!

Check out the Yoga Teacher's Line Up:
http://ynottony1.blogspot.com/2008/08/sunday-streets-san-francisco.html

Wishing the best of all possible worlds,
Iyengar Yoga Teacher, tony eason
http://ynottony.com

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:57:41 +0000

Great time! I hope this happens a lot more often. I will admit, though, while the 7AM-1PM did force me to get my lazy butt out of bed early for a change , I'm with the others and wish it went later in the day. As a bonus to the businesses that didn't like the streets closed down, I think if it went all day, more people might stop in at some of the businesses after they get some biking out of their systems. As it stood, I felt like I had to get my riding in and head towards home before the 1PM curfew. All and all, though, a fantastic job! Good work, and thanks!

By: Bloody Knee Phil

Bloody Knee Phil — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:00:27 +0000

Did the last two Saturday mornings, from around 59th down to the bottom and back up. What an awesome time! Thank you thank you, and please please do this kind of thing more often, and close more streets! Hated that it stopped at 1pm ! I don't normally get up early on the weekends, it's the only time I get to sleep in.

The only annoyance, was that (some of) the crossing guards and cops seemed either untrained, unwilling, unable, or indifferent, to keeping some blind, idiot tourists and/or locals from wandering into the river of self-powered wheels.

Bicycles and 'blades can build up some speed! When I get crankin' on the blades, it's not that easy to veer or stop suddenly. Next time I'm carrying a whistle, though my fingers had to serve as one every so often.

The more often this occurs, the smoother and more predictable every part of it will become, including training the crossing guards, and the wandering pedestrian obstacles.

Thank you Mayor, city staff, and volunteers - thank you so very much!

By: S. Wilson

S. Wilson — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:05:17 +0000

Great video job, Clarence! Way to show off the city & the folks who still love it! - Sir Rock!

By: larry

larry — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:47:46 +0000

It looked fantastic. My wife and I were in NYC the week of August 10. We may try to plan next year to be there for the Summer Streets, event.

By: Angela

Angela — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:57:18 +0000

loving it! missed it! I'm not a morning gal on a Saturday: Mayor Bloomburg, please extend the hours! I'd love to ride the streets at 10 pm.

By: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

Clarence Eckerson Jr. — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:34:12 +0000

Everybody,

THank you so much for all the wonderful comments. Hope to see some of you out there tomorrow for the 2nd event.

By: Elaine S

Elaine S — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:44:38 +0000

What a great film! I am off to NYC this weekend and plan to take my
3 grandchildren into the City to enjoy walking and watching. Cleveland's turn is on the 24th, come visit us !

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:01:57 +0000

Great video and it looked like a huge success. The video took me back to last September where I experienced the ciclovia firsthand in Bogota. One man carrying a tennis racquet in one hand while steering his bike with the other gave us a big smile and said in English, "welcome to Bogota". Everyone we met was happy and gave us smiles and kind words, just like the people in this video.

Hopefully this idea spreads to other cities. Gil, thanks for implementing this idea originally and helping it spread.

By: hmm

hmm — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:47:18 +0000

Willy: It *should* be hard to drive in Manhattan. That's what gets people out of their (disproportionately polluting, dangerous and destructive) vehicles and onto better (and even better when more people are involved) sidewalks and bike lanes and mass transit. Don't blame bikers and pedestrians for pollution caused by private vehicles. It's a little like blaming vegetarians for wasting all the meatloaf on the buffet.

By: Paul Dorn

Paul Dorn — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 03:37:14 +0000

Great job StreetFilms, as always. We'll be excited to see how San Franciso's Sunday Streets succeeds. I expect it to succeed fabulously.

By: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

Clarence Eckerson Jr. — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:02:57 +0000

It was my dream to get an overhead shot during the day, but it didn't pan out during the day, the places we tried were not allowing access.

In fact ALL the coverage I saw - photos and pics there was not one overhead shot. Says alot about how many office buildings were closed on a Saturday.

By: fourmorewars

fourmorewars — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:45:33 +0000

Loved the film (pointed to it by Atrios), would love to experience this if we visit in the near future. Only quibble, wish there couldv'e been ten or twenty seconds shot from a tenth or a twentieth floor. Would've been a nice panoramic thing -- the close-up interviews are nice, but you start to feel like 'hey this is a big huge panorama, why am I spending so much of it parked six inches in front of somebody's face?'

By: Lars

Lars — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:51:21 +0000

The only problem I saw was that it didn't last long enough. It should go until at least 2 PM (or later)

That would also be a good idea because if it went that late people will be thinking of lunch when the event ends and will visit restaurants along the course.

By: Willy Bio

Willy Bio — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:15:47 +0000

And nobody happened to realize the traffic nightmare it caused, resulting in idling vehicles essentially gassing the participants, and wasting tons of fuel? What a poorly thought out and utterly retarded stunt.

How about this: somebody with more than a couple of brain cells really sits down and figured out if something like this is doable without causing huge amounts of pollution and fuel wasting? Ban cars from Manhattan all together for the time? Sure. Get the congestion fee plan back on track and charge a high premium for times when events like this are happening? Sure. Think stuff through before implementing them? Might be a good idea. :/