••• The World Trade Center Transportation Hub must’ve taken that Propecia after all….

••• Bruce Martin of Reade Street Animal Hospital sent over a pic of Marco and Cosmo, the “construction kittens” he adopted. (Hudson and Chambers are here.)

••• The Seaport Working Group released its guidelines (PDF); it’s a lot to handle. There’s a survey too.

••• Jessica asked whether Hudson Eats has elevator access. [Update: You can skip down to “UPDATE #2” for the situation.] “As of Sunday there was no elevator access,” replied Brett. “You either have to carry your stroller up the stairs or park it outside the building.  They will not let you leave your stroller unattended inside the building.” I asked the PR rep, who said that the elevator is “located opposite Dos Toros near the restrooms.” Waiting to find out where that corresponds on the ground floor and whether it works or not…. Not really feeling up to a walk over there right now, so if anyone wants to poke around and report back, please do. UPDATE: “The elevator entrance is located on the waterfront side of 225 Liberty between the upper plaza and the oval lawn. Additional elevator access from the Winter Garden is coming soon.” And this comment from Jennifer (below): “I was at Hudson Eats this past Sunday with my stroller. We used an elevator by Vesey (over by where the old burrito place used to be), and walked over on the second floor. A bit of a maze, but doable.” UPDATE #2: Courtney has a definitive-sounding answer: “There are 2 elevators to access Hudson eats. One is inside the “tunnel” that used to go to the old rite aid. Take it up to L and walk all the way over to Hudson eats on the other side of the winter garden. The other entrance is right off the outdoor garden which currently has scaffolding over it. There is a security guy there most of the time. It is a glass door with new stairs, the elevator is located inside those doors behind the stairs. It takes you directly to hudson eats. I’ve used both elevators Saturday and Sunday.”

••• Opening today at Duarte Square (Canal and Sixth Ave.): “Outer Seed Shadow #01, a new public garden and art installation exploring the diversity of NYC immigrant experience. OSS#01 was conceived by Spanish artist Juanli Carrión in 2012 when after years of living in New York he started to consider permanent residence in the US. He wanted to revisit the long-established idea of the American ‘melting pot’ and investigate the new realities of New York immigrant life in 2014. Carrión conducted a series of on-camera interviews with immigrants living throughout Manhattan about their personal experiences of arrival, with each interviewee ultimately selecting a plant that exists both in their country of origin and in the United States, which represents both them and their community in the public garden. The 1,000 square foot garden is in the shape of Manhattan and will feature dozens of plants selected by immigrants living in the borough. Placed according to the interviewees’ real-life locations on the island, the plants represent the diversity of the city. […] The garden will host a series of free public programs beginning June 7th that includes artist-led tours, lectures, hands-on garden workshops and ‘Open Garden’ days.”

••• Remember how we wondered why 19 Park Place, a.k.a. Tribeca Royale, was so far set back off Murray Street? “It’s called a rear yard equivalent and it’s required by zoning,” commented ExILArch. (I’m guessing that the “IL” stands for Ismael Leyva, the firm that designed the project.) From the NYC Zoning Glossary: “A rear yard equivalent* is an open area on a through lot required to comply with rear yard regulations.” A rear yard, since we need that definition, too, “extends for the full width of a rear lot line. In residential districts, the minimum depth of a rear yard is 30 feet, except in R2X districts. In commercial, manufacturing and R2X districts, the minimum depth of a rear yard is 20 feet. A corner lot is not required to have a rear yard. In commercial and manufacturing districts, and for some community facility buildings in residence districts, the rear yard may be occupied entirely by a single-story building up to a height of 23 feet.” Now we know! Related: This means that one of my very favorite trees in Tribeca—it’s wedged into the side of the neighboring building—will likely survive.

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