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OBSERVATION&NEWS
Urban Space
Urban Design
NYC NEWSSTANDS, A VANISHING LANDMARK
URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE RITUAL
PAPERHOWAGE DIGTAL AGE HAS THE DIGITAL AGE CHANGED OUR LIVES? Evolution of Newsstands in New York City The Newsstand, originally a kiosk mainly for the sales of newspaper, used to be an essential element of the city street scape. Especially for the New Yorkers who were living in the fast-growing city, the kiosk was the place to get information and connected to the rest of world. ewsstand, once beloved by New Yorkers, are now in danger of losing their existence. They were contributors for New York City’s growth and provided low-threshold opportunities for vulnerable population.
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Most of the Newsstands owners and employees have been in the business for ages and may have little chance to find another job. Urgent policy change and action are needed from city council to help these small businesses to survive and to perserve this landmark of New York City. In the fall of 2007, the old, ramshackle, idiosyncratic newsstands that long graced our city’s streets began to vanish, replaced by “ticky tacky boxes,” the identical steel and glass street furniture brought to New York by the CEMUSA company of Spain. When their task is completed, they will have installed 330 franchise locations, seizing over 200 once-private businesses from their long-time owners. Plans to replace the city’s newsstands have been in the works for years. It was part of Mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s quality of life campaign. But it was Mayor Michael Bloomberg who made it happen when he signed the street furniture bill in 2003, aiming, in his own words, “to rationalize the streets of the city, where right now it’s a hodgepodge of unattractive things.”
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