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Copy Earlier this month, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the launch of the Open Boulevards program, an initiative that would temporarily close off car traffic on boulevard segments across several blocks, expanding the public space for dining, cultural activities and artistic performances. The project builds on the successful initiatives Open streets and Open Restaurants, which transformed the city’s streetscape to better serve diners, cyclists and pedestrians amidst the pandemic. © Emily Andrews/Rockwell Group The Open Boulevards project creates ten multi-block corridors across the city’s five boroughs that, in addition to space for dining, feature cultural activities, community-based programming, landscaping interventions and art installations. Moreover, the new initiative designed in partnership with New York City’s Department of Transportation and the tourism organization NYC & Company also seeks to drive tourist activity across the different locations in th

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