In anticipation of a possible Federal deployment to New York City this autumn, I put together a visual reference showing the location of Federal buildings, including office towers and court houses.
I also included the city’s National Park sites, including monuments and memorials, as they also fall under Federal jurisdiction, although several of them are located too far away to be shown on this map.
The ubiquitous metal barriers used by the NYPD for crowd control are sometimes referred to by activists as “bike-rack barricades,” but it turns out that they’re also known as “French barriers,” in reference to their origin in France in the 1950s.
This article (“Portable Boundaries” by Carl Alviani in Works That Work, 2014) describes their European history and their proliferation in New York City after 9/11.
They’re manufactured in lengths from 6.5 to 8.5 feet, and retail for just over $100 plus shipping.
NYPD has tens of thousand of them, some deployed around the city and most in a warehouse for use at major events.
To facilitate planning for some upcoming protest activity, I put together a simple map of the area around 26 Federal Plaza and Foley Square.
As shown below, traffic to the adjacent portion of Duane Street is restricted by vehicle barriers; pedestrian access is generally allowed but barriers are kept nearby and can be closed easily.
