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Roman and Williams’ Grama seeks sidewalk and roadway sheds on Mercer/Howard; neighbors and Broadway Residents Coalition raise emergency‑access and fire‑safety
Summary
The Grama/ Roman & Williams project proposed multiple sheds and sidewalk seating stretches on Mercer and Howard streets; committee members and the Broadway Residents Coalition pressed for clarified property surveys, narrower roadway structures to preserve emergency lanes and LPC approvals for equipment in the building‑front zone.
Represented by attorney Donald Bernstein and project representatives, the Grama application (Center for Goods LLC and Howard Fine LLC doing business as Grama) requested sidewalk and roadway seating at the Mercer/Howard corridor adjacent to Canal Street. Bernstein said the applicants had revised plans to eliminate some sidewalk seating on Howard Street, proposing instead a set of enclosed sheds and benches and to file DOT permits where roadway structures would extend beyond the property line.
Bernstein told the committee…
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