著者

中島 直人 関谷 進吾

出版者

日本建築学会

雑誌

日本建築学会計画系論文集 (ISSN:13404210)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.81, no.725, pp.1549-1559, 2016

被引用文献数

4

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Recently, reinvention of public spaces is receiving academic and practical attentions. The purpose of this paper is to make clear theplanning process of "pedestrian plaza" in Times Square as a result of collaborative efforts by Times Square Alliance, NYC-DOT andother professional organizations. The following four facts are pointed out and discussed as lessons from the process: 1) continuousinitiative by TSA as an area management organization, 2) supports from the professional sector, in particular, non-profitorganizations for remaking the public realm, 3) leaderships by the mayor and the commissioner, 4) connection between localpedestrianization and transformation of the city's structure.