tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post2978629920483159791..comments2024-03-28T17:55:31.180-04:00Comments on The Gossips of Rivertown: Recommended ListeningCarole Osterinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-86981995171625451872017-04-04T21:24:20.423-04:002017-04-04T21:24:20.423-04:00If the time ever comes that we are able to restore...If the time ever comes that we are able to restore and revitalize Promenade Hill, I hope that we'll do a better job in future honoring the grantors' one condition that "the Parade ... be granted to the Common Council forever ... for the purpose of a Public Walk or Mall and for no other purpose whatever" (March 9, 1795).unheimlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204285837938988668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-85443200244679100642017-04-04T18:46:11.401-04:002017-04-04T18:46:11.401-04:00Burden is right and she's echoing William H. W...Burden is right and she's echoing William H. Whyte, particularly as was applied in the 1990s to Bryant Park in NYC. The high shrubs that surrounded the perimeter made people in that park feel unsafe (well, that and some unsavory characters). Improving the ease and flow of inside/outside of the park was one reason for the makeover's success.<br />-Charlie SuismanAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16138533424705130590noreply@blogger.com