The City has nothing better to do?
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Posted 23 May 2013 - 06:45 AM
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Posted 23 May 2013 - 06:50 AM
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Posted 23 May 2013 - 07:33 AM
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Posted 23 May 2013 - 07:34 AM
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#5
Posted 23 May 2013 - 08:49 AM
Here's the regulations for New York City's newsboxes: http://www.nyc.gov/h...acksintro.shtml
Surely we can figure out a way to regulate these and strike a balance for both the publisher and the public.
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#6
Posted 23 May 2013 - 10:07 AM
It's an archaic way of distributing news in this day and age.
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Posted 23 May 2013 - 10:25 AM
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Posted 23 May 2013 - 10:55 AM
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Posted 23 May 2013 - 11:52 AM
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Posted 23 May 2013 - 12:07 PM
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Posted 23 May 2013 - 12:43 PM
I am fundamentally against this idea that we want pristine and clutter free sidewalks. Sidewalks are where the "city" buildings and "city" people interact. Turning them into laboratories of organization is boring, sterile and dehumanizing. In my opinion the best street life in the city is its most cluttered in Chinatown. If we need more space, fine take a lane of traffic away but lets keep the news boxes, the street performers, the food carts. In fact I would encourage relaxing of this to encourage more city -> people interactions.
Speaking of Chinatown. Will all those stores using the sidewalk for selling fruit/veggies now have to pay the city extra fees?
#12
Posted 23 May 2013 - 01:05 PM
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#13
Posted 23 May 2013 - 03:24 PM
Speaking of Chinatown. Will all those stores using the sidewalk for selling fruit/veggies now have to pay the city extra fees?
I am not positive that merchants do not already pay extra certainly restaurants do for sidewalk seating in most cases. I would be against increasing fees to the detriment of the city's vibrancy.
#14
Posted 23 May 2013 - 05:41 PM
Speaking of Chinatown. Will all those stores using the sidewalk for selling fruit/veggies now have to pay the city extra fees?
Yes, I wonder. There was an article the other day about the City looking at fees for vehicles that park on city property adjacent to business on 600-blk Pembroke and on Beta St. I know that restaurants that have sidewalk patio space do pay. Not sure about Chinatown vendors.
I'm sure when say, Fort St. merchants, do their annual sidewalk sale, they pay no extra.
#16
Posted 23 May 2013 - 09:08 PM
There goes this market.
http://www.mossstreetmarket.com/
I think that's on a school parking lot. Not sidewalks.
#18
Posted 23 May 2013 - 10:08 PM
I am fundamentally against this idea that we want pristine and clutter free sidewalks. Sidewalks are where the "city" buildings and "city" people interact. Turning them into laboratories of organization is boring, sterile and dehumanizing. In my opinion the best street life in the city is its most cluttered in Chinatown. If we need more space, fine take a lane of traffic away but lets keep the news boxes, the street performers, the food carts. In fact I would encourage relaxing of this to encourage more city -> people interactions.
I agree with this completely. I have seen the big boxes and there's no guarantee papers aren't strewn around them as well. What if there are more papers than spaces in the unit? If I want a sterilized shopping environment I will go to Uptown. Yes, I would like the present boxes maintained better but I like the present arrangement. If a bunch of teens want to distribute a zine in boxes, I say fine. They shouldn't have to be forced to use an overly expensive, ungainly giant box.
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Posted 24 May 2013 - 05:47 AM
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Posted 24 May 2013 - 06:21 AM
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