–FEMA has agreed to revise New York City flood maps to take climate change into account. City officials say “they would use the new maps to determine the elevation at which the ground floors of new buildings would have to be constructed…” [WNYC]
–There will be a rally tomorrow night on East 11th Street to protest the plan to replace several tenements with a 300-room hotel. [EV Grieve]
–Ten years after the closure of CBGB, here’s a look back at “seven iconic performances” that defined the legendary club. [Billboard]
–“The Loon,” now playing at Abrons Arts Center, “is the kind of show that makes you wonder how differently it would register if you’d inhaled a little deeper when you walked past the guys getting high on your way to the theater.” [New York Times]
–Have you checked out our Events Calendar lately? Don’t forget that you can submit your own Lower East Side happenings!
