Pier 64, Manhattan’s newest green thumb of parkland, confidently thrusts its sloping lawns and grove of English Oaks out into the Hudson River as if hailing a water taxi.
The Urban Plan
Times Squared?
The idea of turning Manhattan’s 42nd Street into a car-free crosstown artery, with low-floor light rail running river-to-river and the rest of the street converted to pedestrian space, has been kicked around for years. A generation ago, there was little support for it. The consensus was, “First, clean it up. Then we’ll see.”
