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Re:Downside of Lower Manhattan’s Boom: It’s Too Crowded by jakozaur on Friday December 02, 2016 @09:16AM (#13088657)
Another less sensational, but lengthier and more informative read on that: http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/plans/trans...
Re:Downside of Lower Manhattan’s Boom: It’s Too Crowded by blitzkrieg3 on Friday December 02, 2016 @10:27AM (#13089301)
It's also a 20 year old read.

Edit: Many of these proposals in that have either been followed or exceeded, largely as a result of the September 11th attacks. Most notably Broad street is completely a pedestrian plaza, closed off to traffic.