Adaptive Streets: Strategies for Transforming the Urban Right-of-Way

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REMIX YOUR STREET: STRATEGIES

A 2012 New York City Department of Transportation study found that retail sales increased by 172% after a parking triangle on Pearl Street in Brooklyn was converted into a pedestrian plaza. Gehl Architects Website

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1. Madison Square Plaza, New York, NY. Credit: NYCDOT 2-3. Before and After, Pearl Street Triangle, Brooklyn, NY. Credit: NYCDOT

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