Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle

The Chrystie cat made another grand sidewalk appearance just the other day, stopping camera-carrying pedestrians in their tracks yet again.  Must be the warmer weather as of late.

After a February wrought with extreme weather, the neighborhood infrastructure is suffering.  And now that the snow has finally melted, we can analyze the aftermath!  New plow-induced potholes are seemingly everywhere, like this one on East Houston at the mouth of Orchard Street.

After a couple months of preparation, Pizza Junkie is now open at 11 Stanton Street, just a stone’s throw from Pulino’s Bar and Pizzeria.  The late-night slice-shop quietly opened last week on a staggered schedule.

As of 8:50 am this morning, the snowfall total in the untouched sunken court of Sara D. Roosevelt Park was approximately eight inches deep.

The recent weather is causing all sorts of problems for city infrastructure.  With ginormous plows scraping snow from the streets, potholes continue to widen and newer depressions begin to form.  It’s a disaster out there.  And the sidewalks aren’t safe either.  Some cave in, like this one near the corner of Delancey and Chrystie Streets. [...]