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☆ There's an easy way cities can lure in more holiday shoppers: Get rid of street parking
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Some shop owners fear that reducing street parking will hurt their sales. But there's mounting evidence that street parking isn't necessarily good for business. The study notes that shop owners often oppose removing street parking around them because they're "afraid of deteriorated accessibility, declining pedestrian frequencies, and lower revenue." Previous studies have shown that bike lanes and more pedestrian-friendly, walkable, and car-light areas are better for business. Shopping districts are much like outdoor malls, which are most convenient and popular when they have both adequate garage parking and are accessible by mass transit.

Persons: —, Tom Harris Organizations: Service, Protesters, RWTH Aachen University, New York City Department of Transportation, New, Times, Times Square Alliance Locations: America, —, Connecticut, Germany, Aachen, New York City, Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York, downtowns

☆ Opening iconic New York City streets to pedestrians meant an extra $3 million in spending last year — and helped save local businesses during the pandemic
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Last year, New York City opened Fifth Avenue as a pedestrian street on December weekends. During the 2022 holiday season, New York City Mayor Eric Adams turned an 11-block stretch of the iconic Fifth Avenue into an "open street" for three weekends in December. This is just the latest example highlighting New York City's efforts to pedestrianize busy corridors. At the same time, Open Streets saw the number of businesses on them grow by 10%, while non-pedestrianized streets saw a 20% decrease in the number of businesses. However, there are downsides to Open Streets in New York City.

Persons: —, Eric Adams, Adams, That's, he's, Ting Liu, Tom Harris Organizations: New York City, Service, Mastercard, New, Office of Technology, Innovation, Bloomberg Associates, Times, Times Square Alliance, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health Locations: New York, Midtown, New, —, Astoria, Queens, New York City

☆ Home Sweet Times Square: How New York City can save Midtown Manhattan from the 'urban doom loop'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

And New York City has had success transforming single-use office districts, most notably Lower Manhattan's financial district, into more vibrant mixed-use places. Times Square is one of those, according to Tom Harris, president of the Times Square Alliance, which represents the district's businesses. AdvertisementAdvertisement"I'm not negating it, but certainly the opportunities south of Times Square, to the west of Times Square, are a little bit better for development of the housing stock," he said. The mix of businesses around Times Square has changed in a way that could be appealing to potential residents. Times Square lost 179 businesses during the pandemic, but has since welcomed more than 180 new businesses into the neighborhood, according to the Times Square Alliance.

Persons: —, Eric Adams, Dan Garodnick, Garodnick, Lynne Sagalyn, Sagalyn, Andrew Lichtenstein, Susan Mello, Walker, Dunlop, Mello, Luiz C . Ribeiro, Tom Harris, Harris, aren't, Le Bernardin, haven't —, Gardonick Organizations: Midtown, Service, Garment, Eighth, New York City's Department of City Planning, Columbia University, Getty, Financial, Times Square Alliance, Times, Lambs, —, Taco Bell, Grand Central Madison Locations: Midtown Manhattan, Midtown, Manhattan, America, Manhattan . Old, York City, Lower Manhattan, hasn't, Retail, Long, New York

☆ Meet the team behind CNN’s ‘New Year’s Eve Live’
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-31 | by ( Tricia Escobedo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

ET as Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen co-host CNN’s “New Year’s Eve Live” from New York City’s Times Square. CNN —Every New Year’s Eve, Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen host four-and-a-half hours of live television, joined by celebrity guests and performers, as they count down to the new year. “New Year’s Eve Live” is created by “a patchwork team of CNN employees from different show teams, bureaus and units from around the globe,” Hall explained. Here’s what Doft and Hall told us about the live special and what we can look forward to Saturday night:This is the 20th year that Anderson Cooper has hosted ‘New Year’s Eve Live’ on CNN. In fact, it’s why he chooses to anchor “New Year’s Eve Live” — to make sure the audience has a place to go and to fill people with hope, laughter and love.

☆ SUA: Trei trecători, printre care o fetiţă de doar 4 ani, răniţi într-un incident armat în New York
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-09 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +4 min

Cel puţin unul dintre ei a scos o armă şi a tras. Fluxul de arme ilegale care ajunge în New York trebuie să se oprească", a adăugat el. Times Square, unul din principalele puncte turistice din New York înainte de pandemie, s-a schimbat de când teatrele au fost forţate să închidă în martie 2020. Schimburile de focuri s-au înmulţit brusc în New York din vara anului 2020 şi după mişcarea împotriva inegalităţilor rasiale. Conform celor mai recente statistici oficiale, New York a înregistrat 149 de schimburi de focuri în aprilie, faţă de 56 în aprilie 2020.

Persons: prinşi, Împuşcăturile, calls, anonymous, Bill de Blasio Organizations: Times Square, 44th Street, West 44th Street, Times Square Alliance, asociaţie Locations: New York, 7th, 44th, Rhode Island, Manhattan, Dermot, West 44th, denunţat, Brooklyn, Times

☆ Festivitățile de Anul Nou din toată lumea sub semnul pandemiei. Noua Zeelandă și Australia sunt printre primele țări care au pășit în 2021
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-31 | by ( Jardan Cristian | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +8 min

Anul acesta, din cauza pandemiei de COVID-19, spectacolul pirotehnic a fost mult mai scurt față de anii anteriori. Evenimentul tradiţional de Anul Nou din Japonia, programat pentru 2 ianuarie, a fost anulat. Coreea de Sud anulează tradiția primului răsărit de Anul Nou, de pe plajele din GangneungCoreea de Sud trece cu cântec în 2021. Sărbătorile de Anul Nou din India vor fi, cel mai probabil, compromise anul acesta. Guvernul a interzis vânzarea de artificii și a impus restricții stricte asupra numărului de persoane care se pot aduna în public.

Persons: Sidney, Digi24, Asia îşi, Mulţi, Gladys Berejiklian, Boris Johnson, Jens Spahn Organizations: Artificiile, Tower, Televiziune, Revelion, Autorităţile, BBC, Interne, Sănătății, Times Square, Square, Times Square Alliance, One Times Locations: Asia, Pacific, Noua Zeelandă, Australia, Wellington, Sidney, Sydney, Auckland, Kiribati, Samoa, Asiei, Est, Japonia, China, Filipine, Thailanda, Maldive, Asia Centrală, Orientul Mijlociu, Beijing, East Japan, Tokyo, Marina Bay, Singapore, Coreea de Sud, Seul, India, Delhi, New Delhi, Mumbai, Sidney Australia, New South Wales, Europa, Spania, An, Madrid, Tamisa, Londra, Anglia, Irlanda, Franța, Paris, Germania, York, SUA, San Francisco, Las Vegas, New York, Times

☆ Finalul unui an în care lumea nu a mai fost la fel: Pandemia a schimbat festivitățile de Anul Nou de pe tot globul
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-31 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +6 min

Evenimentul tradiţional de Anul Nou din Japonia, programat pentru 2 ianuarie, a fost anulat. În schimb, focurile de artificii vor lumina cerul în diferite puncte ale insulei sud-estice. Coreea de Sud anulează tradiția primului răsărit de Anul Nou, de pe plajele din GangneungCoreea de Sud trece cu cântec în 2021. Sărbătorile de Anul Nou din India vor fi, cel mai probabil, compromise anul acesta. Guvernul a interzis vânzarea de artificii și a impus restricții stricte asupra numărului de persoane care se pot aduna în public.

Persons: Asia îşi, Mulţi, Gladys Berejiklian, Boris Johnson, Jens Spahn Organizations: Televiziune, Revelion, Autorităţile, BBC, Interne, Sănătății, Times Square, Artificiile, Square, Times Square Alliance, One Times Locations: Asia, Beijing, China, Japonia, East Japan, Tokyo, Marina Bay, Singapore, Coreea de Sud, Seul, India, Delhi, New Delhi, Mumbai, Australia, Sidney Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Europa, Spania, An, Madrid, Tamisa, Londra, Anglia, Irlanda, Franța, Paris, Germania, York, SUA, San Francisco, Las Vegas, New York, Times

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