••• Totally. (On a nice day, anyway.)••• Update #1: The owner of 135 Reade, Bruce Barasky, categorically denied that he’s interested in selling (and I believe him). The only explanation for the listing that I can come up with is that the broker has jumped the gun, hoping to bring a deal to Barasky that he’d be unable to resist.

••• Update #2: A reader says that the building with the squatter is most definitely 465 Washington, and that kids have also been having parties there.

••• DeeDee noticed that the Edible Arrangements on Duane has closed.

••• Pirch, the home appliance and fixture showroom at Lafayette and Broome, has also closed. The note on the door says the company has decided to “exit all non-CA markets with immediate effect.”

••• From M.: “Because I do not know who else to reach out to perhaps you can help shed some light on this. The huge generators on the sidewalk outside of the McDonald’s on Chambers St between Greenwich and W Broadway have to go. I have called 311 a couple times to no avail. They are loud and obstruct the sidewalk. They’ve been there for months now and I don’t understand why this is allowed. It’s basically right outside our window and we’re really at our limit at this point… Please call attention to this if there is any way you can.” I did mention them (I think they’re air conditioners) back in August, but all the media attention in the world isn’t going to make a difference. I suggested that M. contact Community Board 1 to see which city agency would (presumably) have to approve the use of the sidewalk/street like this. (DOB? DOT?) CB1 might also have a contact at the agency, so you don’t have to take your chances with 311. And if M. lives in the building, he/she should absolutely be giving his management company an earful about it.