Times Square as a Model for the World

The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 15, 2015

Mike Lydon, urban planner, principal of The Street Plans Collaborative, and co-author of The Smart Growth Manual and of Tactical Urbanism: Short-Term Action for Long-term Change (Island Press, 2015), offers how-to information for low-cost projects like the Times Square pedestrian plazas that started with street paint and plastic chairs but led to more permanent change.

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