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October 24, 2007
Greening of Myrtle Avenue Underway
Over a year ago, the Myrtle Avenue Revitalization Project began brainstorming with the Project for Public Spaces to come up with some ideas for improving the four public and quasi-public spaces along Myrtle Avenue in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. One of those is the service road we discussed last month. Another is the Exxon station on the northwest corner of Myrtle and Vanderbilt Avenues. A study was undertaken to determine which of the numerous curb cuts were expendable and recommendations for the placement of four plantings was made. The property owner was game and, as you can see from the photos, the project has moved to the implementation stage. Can't wait to see how it turns out!
Placemaking: Myrtle at Vanderbilt [MARP] GMAP
A New Vision for Kinder, Gentler Myrtle Avenue [Brownstoner]
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It's about time. Nice to see.
Posted by: guest at October 24, 2007 9:55 AM
Take a page from Chicago: Nothing improves a city like trees. Good news.
Posted by: Rehab at October 24, 2007 11:25 AM
Cheers to Bill at the Exxon for having the foresight to see that this is a good thing and working with Marp. I dont' love their prices for fixing my car- but they've done good work and been flexible. I know that it might be in some ways an inconvience for a working gas station to put in these planting areas but it will really be a great thing.
Posted by: guest at October 24, 2007 11:40 AM
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