Seen & Heard: Friends & Fashion is this week

November 18, 2024 Arts & Culture, Events, Restaurant/Bar News, Schools

FRIENDS & FASHION IS THIS WEEK
Friends & Fashion, the used clothing sale that is an annual PS 234 fundraiser, is on this week starting today through Nov. 22 at 368 Greenwich, between Harrison and N. Moore. Hours are 9a to 6p.

LAUGHING MAN AS EXAMPLE FOR OUTDOOR DINING
Laughing Man will continue its curbside seating area as part of the new city Outdoor Dining program, which means it will be a permanent part of the streetscape going forward, but the setup will have to come down at the end of November as with all curbside dining areas. This is really too bad, since their arrangement — which has been on Duane for a decade — was originally part of a citywide program that claimed parking for public use. The seating at Laughing Man, unlike seating areas for other restaurants, is open to the public. And, it conforms to the current regulations: no covering, just umbrellas in summer.

ANNUAL TOYS FOR TOTS COLLECTION
ARC Athletics will host its annual toy collection to benefit Toys for Tots on Saturday, Nov. 30, from 2 to 4p at Bar 135, a 135 Reade and Hudson. The Marines will be there to personally accept the toys. If you are out of town that weekend (it’s the Saturday after Thanksgiving) you can drop toys of at ARC Athletics at 5 Harrison — entrance on Staple Street — until noon on Wednesday, Nov. 27.

MAMAN & BENVENUTO ARE KEEPING OUTDOOR SEATING
Both Maman and Benvenuto were approved by Community Board 1’s Licensing Committee to keep their outdoor seating — Maman’s is curbside, but on the far side of the bikelane, and Benvenuto is on the sidewalk.

 
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5 Comments

  1. ReaderOnDuane
    November 19, 2024 • 7:11 am

    Are these the only three spaces that were approved? I’m wondering when the enormous shed at Zona Tribeca will come down.

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  2. R.
    November 21, 2024 • 1:43 pm

    What made them qualified to occupy public sidewalk?

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  3. SW
    November 21, 2024 • 3:45 pm

    I don’t fully understand why Laughing Man is subject to the seasonal limitations imposed on the dining sheds erected during Covid, and as such has to dismantle its seating area this month. As you say, the seating area at Laughing Man was built pre-Covid pursuant to different regulations, and use is not limited to Laughing Man patrons. Please let us know if you hear of anything we fans of keeping the area intact year-round can do to help!

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    • james
      November 22, 2024 • 11:20 am

      As of 8/2021, Laughing Man was not listed as a Street Seats location (i.e., open to the public). See PDF list here: https://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/street-seats-locations.pdf
      (Even Street Seats locations have a legally limited season: “public spaces between the months of March through December” per DOT.)

      As an Outdoor Dining location, it need not be open to the public. It has been a Roadway Cafe since the pandemic, as per its application data on NYC OpenData:

      objectid
      655

      globalid
      18474850-f3cd-472c-8a6b-ebc398957ec2

      Seating Interest (Sidewalk/Roadway/Both)
      roadway

      Restaurant Name
      Laughing Man Coffee

      Business Address
      184 Duane Street, Manhattan, NY

      Roadway Dimensions (Length)
      28

      Roadway Dimensions (Width)
      6

      Roadway Dimensions (Area)
      168

      Approved for Roadway Seating
      yes

      Landmark District or Building
      yes

      landmarkDistrict_terms
      yes

      healthCompliance_terms
      yes

      Time of Submission
      6/19/2020 13:27

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