Friday, June 5, 2026
Friday's parting shot
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What's the percentage of local residents in the picture?
ReplyDeleteLow.
DeleteNeeds some cars to complete the picture. We ain’t Copenhagen!
ReplyDeleteIt’s an abomination that they close down the street for this.
ReplyDeleteWhy, wasn't free land grab always the dream?
DeleteDamn, that picture reminds me of the days of LSD
ReplyDeleteI live on this block. Every weekend it's a Carnival from Hell.
ReplyDeleteAlways interesting that:
ReplyDelete1) the City of NY insists that mass transit is the priority (which it should be) but is fine with messing up bus transit in order to benefit street dining.
2) City insists restaurants need the street dining business - but restaurants without street dining ability get zero. And City does nothing to help retail and local shops. So only a few restaurants get the benefit.
HELLSCAPE.
ReplyDeleteMy condolences to everyone who lives on this block. I have no idea how the businesses on this block get a free pass years after the pandemic is over.
ReplyDeleteBecause we're now "the city of YES," sickeningly kowtowing to the nightlife industry...
DeleteI walked through tonight about 8pm and all the restaurants and lounges had their tables and chairs in the street past their storefronts. Mogador was past The Sockman and East Village books, the new Thai place extended up the block and Crispiano which serves lousy pizza with an attitude extends their tables and chairs up the block and blasts terrible music. All of which is in violation of Open Streets which has clear rules about where seating can be placed and that music can't be amplified into the street. Bunch of entitled transplants or transients who just treat the hood as their personal mating ground. Shame especially on Mogador, a business that has long been supported by locals.
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