redevelop the formerly dangerous Herald Square Park and Greeley Square Park, two triangular public spaces located at the convergence of Broadway, Sixth Avenue, and 34th Street. The renovation included adding a public restroom and permanent food kiosk to each park, as well as installing horticultural elements, chairs, and tables. The 34SP BID continues to operate across the 31 blocks comprising the 34th Street District. The capital improvements have been widely regarded as a prime reason for the rise in 34th Street property values that began in the 1990s and continues to this day, with "rapid appreciation on nearly every street". 34th Street Partnership has also been credited with attracting national retailers to 34th Street, and for the rise in retail rents. As President of 34SP, Biederman has criticized the condition of New York's streetscape and has led efforts to upgrade it. 34SP has worked with shop owners on 34th Street to improve the appearance of store frontage and to curtail the use of opaque steel doors during closing hours. The BID's design and capital departments have greatly reduced the number of individual newsboxes in the district, and convinced publishers to place their publications in 34SP's own multiple newsboxes. Senior 34SP staff has lobbied NYC government to enforce laws prohibiting bus and truck idling, and to move intercity buses away from the 34th Street District. Grand Central Partnership In 1984 then-Mayor Ed Koch, at the behest of executives from many of the Fortune 500 companies that are headquartered near Grand Central Terminal in New York, asked Biederman to help make the downtrodden area around the terminal commensurate with the offices nearby. Biederman formed the Grand Central Partnership (GCP), a Business Improvement District that provided enhanced security, sanitation, and streetscape improvements to the area. GCP was one of several Midtown Manhattan BIDs to be given credit for the economic and environmental revival of the area in the 1990s. After a series of disagreements with then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani over rules governing BIDs, Biederman resigned from GCP in 1998. He continues to serve as President of Bryant Park Corporation and 34th Street Partnership. Private Consulting - Biederman Redevelopment Ventures Biederman Redevelopment Ventures (BRV) specializes in creating and operating transformative redevelopment projects in the public realm. BRV works for real estate developers, government agencies, and non-profit organizations (and often a combination of the three), as well as professional sports teams, to conceive and execute concepts