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Pandemic Dining Program Added Outdoor Cafés to 17 Neighborhoods that Never Had Them
And the "open restaurants" initiative was also a boon to especially blue collar districts of color outside of Manhattan, according to a new report.
January 19, 2023
Opinion: New York Needs Covered Outdoor Dining Year-Round!
Let's open the door to innovative ideas and solutions to re-social and redefine how we share public space safely (and save the restaurant industry).
November 4, 2022
Massive Show of Support from Restaurant and Design Pros for a DOT-Led Open Restaurant Program
The list of supporters is like a Who's Who of the overlapping worlds of architecture, urban planning, public space management, design and livable streets advocacy.
October 25, 2022
Tuesday’s Headlines: Oh, Rats Edition
We were pleased that Streetsblog was referenced several times in New York Magazine's cover story on outdoor dining. But we were also disappointed that its writer ignored some of the best stuff we told him. Plus other news of the day.
October 25, 2022
Mayor Adams: Keep DOT in Charge of Open Restaurants
Mayor Adams is pushing the City Council to keep the Department of Transportation in charge of outdoor dining, rather than move it to the much smaller Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, a move that advocates fear would sabotage the popular al-fresco "streeteries."
October 20, 2022
Council Speaker Makes Her Choice: Car Storage over Diners and Restauranteurs
Council Speaker Adrienne Adams appeared to throw the entire open restaurant program under the bus on Wednesday morning.
September 28, 2022
STREETFILMS: The Peaceful Pedestrian Plazas of Paris … And What They Can Teach Us
July 29, 2022
Monday’s Headlines: The Face of the All-Powerful Bike Lobby Edition
How did our old man editor become the public face of all the problems on the Lower East Side? Plus other news from the weekend.
February 7, 2022
In New York, Business Groups — Not the City — Lead on People-Centered Streets
November 29, 2021
The People Have Spoken: DOT Study Reveals Vast Support for Outdoor Dining
In Manhattan, the supposed epicenter of opposition, a city survey shows that 84 percent of residents support the "Covid huts." Citywide, 64 percent support them.
November 22, 2021
