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Save/ShareGood news! Mayor Matteo Renzi has claimed Florence's crowded central piazza—home to the Duomo and the Baptistry—for pedestrians. Cars, buses, and horse-drawn carriages are officially unwelcome as of October 25, when the city will celebrate with an open-air concert.
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Renzi is quoted as explaining that the new pedestrian-only zone is "the first step to re-launching one of the world's most well-known cities and improving citizens' quality of life by applying the Greek concept of agora."
IT'S A TREND
We recently gave the City of New York an Extra Mile Award for converting five blocks in Times Square into a car-free area complete with benches and café tables—as inspired by Copenhagen's Strøget zone.
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A minor thing, but are you sure you don't mean 'Copenhagen's Ströget zone'? The only 'Ströget' I know about is situated in Copenhagen ('Ströget' is a Danish word and 'Ströget' in Copenhagen is an internationally well-known notion that is superior in its size and planning when compared with the few streets in the Stockholm city center that are closed for cars).
Posted By Leif Öquist on October 18, 2009, 11:22 AM
Thanks, Leif, you're correct that the model was Copenhagen's zone. See the changed text above.
Posted By Kate Appleton on October 19, 2009, 9:40 AM
What wonderful news. So glad to hear it.
Posted By Wendy on October 19, 2009, 11:22 AM
Wonderful news, indeed! I look forward to seeing those glorious buildings again without all that grime. My heartfelt thanks to Mayor Matteo Renzi!!
Posted By Maggie Uitz on October 19, 2009, 12:20 PM
New York? You gotta be kidding. It was a 1/2 way measure, traffic still runs on the other side of Broadway.
And what happened to all the lounge chairs they put out? The started disapperaing immediately.
Posted By Rich on October 19, 2009, 2:09 PM