"Streets Without Cars" is an hour-long documentary that explores the national pedestrian mall movement. (Video clip available.)
"Streets Without Cars" chronicles the contemporary activity engendered through an anything-but-ordinary pedestrian urban experiment. As one of the most successful pedestrian malls in the nation, State Street is a thriving, provocative, and exciting urban space. On this corridor connecting the capitol of Wisconsin with the flagship state university, live the homeless, the enfranchised, and a cornucopia of characters that collectively make this eight-block strip.[Article includes video clip]
Thanks to Bob Karrow
FULL STORY: Streets Without Cars: The Urban Experiment of State Street
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