There is now visible progress of renovation underway on Broad Street. Undertaken to make permanent the security put in place after 9/11, the City and the LMDC commissioned Rogers Marvel (forgive their website — you can find the project in the ‘On the Boards’ section) to develop less intrusive security (right now it’s pickups and Jersey Barriers). The result will be retractable bollards, a likely unpleasant security gate, and a least one block (just south of Wall) will be covered by Eurocobble (which doesn’t look as bad as it sounds, though the problem isn’t the city’s ability to pave a street, but rather ensuring contractors do a decent job of repair when they cut and cover). The Rogers Marvel renderings don’t do such a good job of explicating the change. Their appeal derives from the effect of having unfettered pedestrian access to that intersection. I’ll hope for a nice fence (being somewhat of a fetishist for that sort of thing; draw whatever conclusion you will about my neighborliness), but barring even that, if those drawing are anything close to the end state, it will have been a laudable effort.
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There is now visible progress of renovation underway on Broad Street. Undertaken to make permanent the security put in place after 9/11, the City and the LMDC commissioned Rogers Marvel (forgive their website — you can find the project in the ‘On the Boards’ section) to develop less intrusive security (right now it’s pickups and Jersey Barriers). The result will be retractable bollards, a likely unpleasant security gate, and a least one block (just south of Wall) will be covered by Eurocobble (which doesn’t look as bad as it sounds, though the problem isn’t the city’s ability to pave a street, but rather ensuring contractors do a decent job of repair when they cut and cover). The Rogers Marvel renderings don’t do such a good job of explicating the change. Their appeal derives from the effect of having unfettered pedestrian access to that intersection. I’ll hope for a nice fence (being somewhat of a fetishist for that sort of thing; draw whatever conclusion you will about my neighborliness), but barring even that, if those drawing are anything close to the end state, it will have been a laudable effort.