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Re:Downside of Lower Manhattan’s Boom: It’s Too Crowded by baybal2 on Friday December 02, 2016 @11:39AM (#13090032)
>Part of the problem is a lack of alleys, so delivery trucks have to park in the street and block traffic.

There are walled-off backyards and "gardens" within big blocks. Just make them open

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Re:Downside of Lower Manhattan’s Boom: It’s Too Crowded by rossitter on Friday December 02, 2016 @12:17PM (#13090398)
Courtyards are largest where alleyways would be least needed, on residential blocks.

For most blocks where unloading is a problem, courtyards are narrow, uneven spaces that frequently do not run the length of the 'interior' block.

The city would also have to justify reclaiming two lots per block—on either end of the courtyard/alleyway—in a city which already has a housing shortage.

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