#neckdown

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Pedestrian improvement / #neckdown in the West Village. Manhattan.

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Sneckdowns

With monster snowstorm Juno enveloping the northeast last night and dumping snow on cities like New York and Boston, the next few days will be the perfect opportunity to photograph sneckdowns – snowy neckdowns.

By Naparstek (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons

Sneckdownsare the result of emergency vehicles and traffic only using…

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A "sneckdown" ( combination of "snow" and "neckdown" - another name for a curb expansion) uses snow formations on the street to reveal the space cars don't use. Advocates can then use these sneckdown photos to make the case to local transportation officials that traffic calming interventions like curb bumpouts and traffic islands can be installed without any loss to car drivers. 

From What Snow Tells Us about Creating Better Public Spaces on E. Passyunk Avenue

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A Covered Walkway

Hey internet! So I just wanted to post an update on the Boys & Girls Club.  You see, at the beginning of the semester, right before we jump into all the craziness of studio, we get this period of hands on work for a week called neckdowns (because it requires you to use everything from your neck down).  Anywho- while the studio as a whole was spread across a bunch of different places, a few lucky ones got to work at the GRC building a a covered walkway.  This covered walkway creates a more visual sign for the Boys & Girls Club, and keeps kids from getting wet.  It is pretty great, and will hopefully get more kids attention.  

Also- none of this would have been able to happen without the guy who designed it- John Marusich (not this guy).

John on the roof, Sufu under the roof. 

The finished project

looks great!