Occasionally, people walked in the middle of the street for a clearer walkway.
—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
23 Feb. 2026
Enter the pedestrian walkway of the Brooklyn Bridge and walk toward Brooklyn, taking in panoramic views of the Manhattan skyline (and snapping a few photos) along the way.
But what has resonated most, the words that adorn hundreds of monuments erected in plazas, streets, and playgrounds across the world, is his prophecy that someday the grandes alamedas, the great avenues lined with trees, would open for the free people of tomorrow to walk through.
—
Ariel Dorfman,
The New York Review of Books,
31 Aug. 2023
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