A pricey Upper East Side private school is seeking to continue its controversial land grab this fall, despite a call from the UES community board to revoke their permit. Upper East Site has confirmed that The Allen-Stevenson School has once again qui
From whom is this a “land grab”? From entitled drivers who endanger children in front of their schools? From entitled parkers who store their personal property on public real estate, for free-or-almost-free?
What this really is, is a land *restoration*—and a pretty modest one, at that—considering it’s merely restoring a sliver of the 80% of public space that, for a century, has been taken for the 24/7 de facto exclusive use of those in cars, leaving the majority of us trapped in the leftover 20%—on ever-narrowing garbage-covered sidewalks.
All public schools should have Open Streets to
Fuck off and fuck your cars. Open street is the best solution to car congested school zones.
From whom is this a “land grab”? From entitled drivers who endanger children in front of their schools? From entitled parkers who store their personal property on public real estate, for free-or-almost-free?
What this really is, is a land *restoration*—and a pretty modest one, at that—considering it’s merely restoring a sliver of the 80% of public space that, for a century, has been taken for the 24/7 de facto exclusive use of those in cars, leaving the majority of us trapped in the leftover 20%—on ever-narrowing garbage-covered sidewalks.
All public schools should have Open Streets to
Fuck off and fuck your cars. Open street is the best solution to car congested school zones.