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ECOLOGY
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HISTORY
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NEIGHBORHOODS
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RECREATION
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Parkway was designed to provide scenic views from multiple
vantage points along the route and throughout the corridor.
Motorists enjoy a sequence of distinct views that change
every few minutes thanks to the variations in the road's
vertical and horizontal alignment. The parkway is an urban
park system and multi-modal (pedestrian/bicycle/train/boat)
transportation system, and its views belong to all of
them. As a roadway running through a densely populated
city, the parkway protects or destroys the scenic views
- and property values - of thousands of residents. Thus
a single billboard can mar the view for residents, park
users, train travellers, boat travellers, bicyclists,
pedestrians, and motorists. |
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From
Fieldston Road Overpass
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Tubby
Hook Marina (looking north)
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Parkway
seen from an apartment in Washington Heights
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George
Washington Bridge at Night
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The
Parkway corridor from the Hudson River
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From
Riverside Park in Harlem,
view marred by billboard
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Billboards
proliferating in the railroad right-of-way destroy
the park-like character of the waterfront and
the gallery of monuments.
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