ニューヨーク市タイムズ・スクエアの広場化プロセス

BID設立以降の取り組みに着目して

抄録

Recently, reinvention of public spaces is receiving academic and practical attentions. The purpose of this paper is to make clear the planning process of “pedestrian plaza” in Times Square as a result of collaborative efforts by Times Square Alliance, NYC-DOT and other professional organizations. The following four facts are pointed out and discussed as lessons from the process: 1) continuous initiative by TSA as an area management organization, 2) supports from the professional sector, in particular, non-profit organizations for remaking the public realm, 3) leaderships by the mayor and the commissioner, 4) connection between local pedestrianization and transformation of the city’s structure.