Tacoma Urbanist
Nov. 12, 2007 at 8:07pm
Tacoma Urbanists Are Not Alone
New York groups are a repository of great ideas.
Sometimes it seems like Tacomans are alone battling an endless battle against blank walls on pedestrian mainstreets, brick walls blocking pedestrians pathways, blightful billboards, and pollution spewing steam plants near our major parks to make Tacoma a more livable pedestrian friendly city as well as supporting good efforts such to light up Tacoma Narrows Bridge.Some community groups are well ahead of us and more organized. New York City has a group called Street Films will paid full time staff and a film crews.
Thanks to the internet, we can watch their film pieces and pick and choose what might work for Tacoma in their efforts to improve the streets of New York City.
Here's a film segment they produced on making streets more walkable.
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-Erik B.
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