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DineOut NYC
By : Rockwell Group
GRANDS PRIX DU DESIGN – 14th edition
Discipline : Urban Design, Landscape Architecture & Landscaping
Categories : Urban Design / Civic Design Project : Silver Certification
DineOut NYC is a pro bono initiative created by Rockwell Group, in coordination with Melba Wilson, President of the New York City Hospitality Alliance & Owner, Melba’s Restaurant, and Andrew Rigie, Executive Director of the New York City Hospitality Alliance. The program launched Summer 2020 to advocate for the further use of sidewalks and streets for outdoor dining and to help restaurants affected by the indoor dining closures due to the Covid-19 pandemic. To encourage the City to expand outdoor dining, Rockwell Group and the New York City Hospitality Alliance identified six restaurants across the five boroughs to present different types of dining experiences, ultimately creating a kit of adaptable parts that we have made available free of charge on our website. The program has since grown to include communal outdoor dining, the development of restaurant partitions, an indoor dining template, and a winter heating initiative.
The Alliance chose six restaurants, with varying street conditions, to test the system: Melba’s in Harlem; Ceetay and Hudson Smokehouse in the Bronx; Negril BK in Brooklyn; Pa-Nash in Queens; and The Craft House and Kills Boro Brewing Company in Staten Island. Located in diverse neighborhoods across the five boroughs, the pilot locations provided real templates for establishments that attempting to utilize sidewalks and street spaces.
Collaboration
Third Avenue Business Improvement District
The Bronx Community Foundation
Interior Designer : Rockwell Group