{"id":2382,"date":"2007-10-15T13:49:37","date_gmt":"2007-10-15T17:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=2382"},"modified":"2007-10-15T13:49:37","modified_gmt":"2007-10-15T17:49:37","slug":"new-yorks-naked-streets-pt-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/10\/15\/new-yorks-naked-streets-pt-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"New York&#8217;s naked streets, Pt. II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2166\/1579152313_10729df6a4_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2166\/1579152313_4bd7bd0d58.jpg\" height=\"333\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW YORK &#8212;<\/strong> An update on the 9th Avenue and 14th Street woonerf:\u00a0 The city has now installed a series of planters, caf&eacute; tables and chairs, newspaper boxes and benches in the newly created space. <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?p=2306\">My last post<\/a> showed a partial photograph of the empty square.\u00a0 Now, replete with seating and planters, this space has become a destination for residents and walkers to stop and have a coffee or to relax with a newspaper or book in a space that used to be an extensive triangular asphalt intersection.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2368\/1579151259_b603689322_b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2368\/1579151259_b603689322.jpg\" height=\"500\" width=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Through the strategic location of planters and newspaper boxes, the space feels surprisingly safe and comfortable.\u00a0 Spaces of varying sizes, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcrooms&#8217;, were created through the thoughtful consideration given to the location of these elements.\u00a0 Defining walking corridors and seating pods helps this area function as a pedestrian thoroughfare while providing removed and semi-private spaces for seating.\u00a0 The application of gravel to the existing asphalt further defines the area as a place for people not cars.\u00a0 Of the four or five times I have passed by this area it has been filled with people, even children running around and riding bikes.\u00a0 It looks like it&#8217;s already a success.<\/p>\n<p><em>Click on photos to see larger versions\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><em>Joe Clement, a long-time Spacing magazine contributor,\u00a0 left his hometown of Toronto in August and is now living in New York. 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