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SoHo activations highlight narrow sidewalks and ice risks; board urges stricter line controls
Summary
Board members and residents told Community Board 2 that narrow sidewalks, planters and winter ice are making it difficult or impossible to maintain required pedestrian clearance for pop-up queues in SoHo and nearby blocks; the committee asked staff to add snow/ice contingencies and insisted on barricades and cut-the-line enforcement.
Residents and board members pressed applicants and staff repeatedly during the Feb. meeting to account for chronic sidewalk constraints in SoHo and the Meatpacking/Tribeca edges, including permanent street furniture and current snow-and-ice accumulations that can reduce unobstructed pedestrian width below the 5 feet required by SAPO.
Multiple applicants — including the Laneige proposal for 45 Grand Street, the TRESemmé activation at 21 Green Street and a Briogeo…
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