28 May 2009

Times LAWN?

Times square is notoriously overrun with tourists and apparently these said tourists were getting run over by cars in the busy streets. City says, "let's turn times square into a giant concrete LAWN!"

And they did.

Check out these pics of the lawn chairs in Times Square on Broadway and 42nd. That's right, they've decided to shut off the traffic and now create the allure of a "park- like setting" in the busiest street in America.

Pro: contains the tourists to one area much like a human zoo.

Con: don't we already have a GIANT park called... What is it? Oh yeah, CENTRAL PARK? bad idea to close down streets and back up midtown traffic even more than it already is. Taxi drivers must be FUMING!

What do you think of the new Times Square?


-- Posted From My iPhone

2 comments:

  1. What????? Who had that bright idea???? How about people just don't walk in front of the cars....... Are the chairs staying? Where did the chairs come from??
    I'm so confused.....

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  2. I don't like this idea at all. Part of the charm of Times Square is the insanity of all the traffic, all the taxis whizzing by! It's *supposed* to be crowded and crazy-busy...it's Times Square! and yeah, I can't imagine what kind of traffic jams it's going to create on alternate routes...wow.

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