A Bigger Times Square for Pedestrians

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Arun Venugopal
WNYC News | Jul 12, 2010

New York, NY —

Times Square may never be the same. On Monday, the city is beginning a pilot project to shut down stretches of Broadway to car traffic - from the theater district down to Herald Square - and open them up to pedestrians. WNYC's Arun Venugopal has more on the transformation.

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