To the average pedestrian viewing the QE billboard, the reaction is either, "I have no clue what that means so I'll keep walking," or, "Somebody is trying to hide what's really going on".
Mr. Stringer pointed out the narrowed sidewalks, the shuttered stores and the intersections where fences, erected by contractors, can block pedestrians' view of oncoming cars.
But in a city in which pedestrians view jaywalking not only as a cultural prerogative, but also as their best weapon in a longstanding battle against motorists for control of the streets, the antijaywalking message is a hard sell.
It is the physical space of a city, Ms. Kung said on a recent walk through downtown, that creates a pedestrian's view of the world.
However, SUVs were singled out as visually intrusive because they blocked the pedestrian's view.
The TomTom 6 software lets you navigate directly to addresses set in your contacts, knows where police cameras are (useful in the UK), notifies you if you're speeding, and can switch to pedestrian navigation view.
Just read Fred Camino's excellent piece, A Pedestrian's View of the Blue Line complete with photos and clips of all the safety barriers and signage Metro has installed to protect the public, and you may agree that there's a less flattering word for anyone killed by a Blue Line train.
Nowhere does it contain those holes, traditional in New York, which allow pedestrians to view the work going on inside.
One, an arch reaching a height of 12m above water level, offers pedestrians a view of both the historic and new areas of the city as well as allowing boats to pass beneath; the lower deck is at a slope accessible by wheelchairs and bicycles, and splits into two parts that revolve open when boats approach.
Birds and planes streaking across a huge red sun, the pocked face of the moon, silhouetted tops of buildings, intricate patterns of trees and branches, pedestrians and views of Central Park are some of the subjects with which Mr. Schwartz has been experimenting.
