🌱 Outdoor Dining Nearing Permanence + Death On Manhattan Bridge

Good morning, Lower East Side-Chinatown! I am your host, Patrick Murray, bringing you everything you need to know from the neighborhood.

First, today's weather:

Partly cloudy and warm with a high of 68 and a low of 43.

Here are the top stories today in Lower East Side-Chinatown:

1. Amid the ongoing litigation and disputes, New York City took a major step towards making outdoor dining permanent. On Monday, the City Planning Commission voted unanimously for a zoning text amendment that will create a clean slate for the city to develop and regulate a permanent program. This amendment will theoretically allow even more restaurants to set up outdoor dining spaces in the future, as well as loosens the existing restrictions on establishments that have already utilized outdoor dining spaces. (Gothamist)
2. Tragic news as a construction worker fell to his death from the Manhattan Bridge while painting a section of the bridge. He landed on the ground near the FDR Drive on the Manhattan side of the bridge. The bridge’s lower level was closed to traffic while police investigated. (AP News)

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Today in Lower East Side-Chinatown:

• Midnight in Washington, The Cooper Union. (7 p.m.)
• "Out of the Blue" screening at The Metrograph. (5 p.m.)
• Amy Allen at Mercury Lounge. (6:30 p.m.)
• R&B Seafood Thursday at Katra Lounge. (5 p.m.)
• Faouzia with Catie Turner, The Bowery Ballroom. (8 p.m.)

Lower East Side-Chinatown Patch Notebook

• "Snuggles," the hallway cat, courtesy of Animal Haven. (Facebook)
• Lower East Side Preservation Initiative: Bowery Boogie’s coverage of our rally to save the East River Park’s historic Track House and Tennis Center Comfort Station. (Facebook)
• An interview with artist Debra Olin, courtesy of the Museum at Eldridge Street. (Facebook)
• 39 vintage photos of celebrities in their New York City apartments. (HouseBeautiful.com)

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