Greenway revitalizes New York neighborhood

The New York Times is reporting today that a greenway and a road diet project have been crucial in re-vitalizing a lower West Side neighborhood.

"The West Side Highway has become Hudson River Boulevard", very friendly to pedestrians, says a resident.

The newly-thriving residential area more or less coincides with construction work at Hudson River Park, which will provide walking-distance recreational attractions for West Village residents when the reconstruction of three riverfront piers is completed in the spring. The Hudson River Park Trust has already completed a bikeway and walkway along the length of the park, from the Battery to 59th Street. . . .The trust also maintains the landscaped median on West Street that eases pedestrian street crossing on the busy, and wide, avenue.

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