New York, NY 23 August 2008 - New Yorkers cycled, jogged, skated and walked, on the last of three Saturdays in August, entitled Summer Streets...The event is modeled after Ciclovia,a weekly event in Bogota where city streets are closed to traffic and opened to people for recreation...Summer Streets extended nearly 7 miles of car-free streets along Centre Street, Lafayette Street, Fourth Avenue and Park Avenue, from the Brooklyn Bridge to 72nd Street and Central Park...A lone cyclist rides...
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New York, NY 23 August 2008 - New Yorkers cycled, jogged, skated and walked, on the last of three Saturdays in August, entitled Summer Streets...The event is modeled after Ciclovia,a weekly event in Bogota where city streets are closed to traffic and opened to people for recreation...Summer Streets extended nearly 7 miles of car-free streets along Centre Street, Lafayette Street, Fourth Avenue and Park Avenue, from the Brooklyn Bridge to 72nd Street and Central Park...A lone cyclist rides past the statue of Cornelius Vanderbilt, founder of the New York Central Railroad.
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