Here’s a thought piece on Brooklyn’s Fourth Avenue that has a lot of an analysis of the issues plaguing what Borough President Marty Markowitz calls “a grand boulevard of the 21st Century.” Does the Novo Park Slope “looms fortress-like over the playground next door”? Does the Crest greet “passersby with man-sized industrial vents”? Does Hotel Le Bleu meet “the sidewalk with a parking lot fit for a suburban dentist’s office”?–Streets Blog