I just read the article in " Downtown Express". I do agree even though the place is lovely. It takes up precious parking for residents in the area, including myself. — Native New Yorker on In the News: “Virtue Signaling” and Street Seats

Please, please, please. Everyone who cares about this one tiny little space we have to sit and sip coffee and chat. Please come to the CB1 meeting tomorrow (Tuesday, Feb 27th at MCC, enter on Chambers). Please make clear that the tiny cabal of selfish residents impeding this (and similar projects) are just that: a minority. Please. Thank you. — J on In the News: “Virtue Signaling” and Street Seats

Well said. Teslas and other common to Tribeca luxury brands are definitely driving themselves all over downtown and the rest of the city and state. I guarantee the people letting their cars drive them are paying far less attention than the Cruise engineers that attend to their test vehicles. Can you imagine the problems it would cause Cruise if even one of them had the most minor accident? — en_b on Self-Driving Cars Are Coming to Lower Manhattan

In the "hot tips" department: The building being erected on the corner of Chambers and Church - the one on the west side of Church - was covered in stop work orders this morning. Not sure what it's all about, but it looked serious. — Will Meyerhofer on Seen & Heard: This 1910 Building Will Be Spared

Did you mean Sunrise Mart? — Will Meyerhofer on Seen & Heard: Another Private “Motor Reception”

Nice 60 Minutes piece on JR, the photographer who puts up the huge photographs all over the world. It didn't specifically call out that mural on Franklin, but did discuss his photos of immigrants. — Jason on Seen & Heard: The Leaning Tower of Tribeca

Nice. Must be same company, or a predecessor. Now I know what was in that box ;). — Robert Ripps on Seen & Heard: This 1910 Building Will Be Spared

The majority of cars on our streets are already driverless, since the supposed "driver"'s attention is usually focused on an addictive mobile tech today instead of the road. — Marcus on Self-Driving Cars Are Coming to Lower Manhattan

90 percent of all traffic accidents are caused by driver error. Odds are good autonomous cars won't drive drunk. — jon on Self-Driving Cars Are Coming to Lower Manhattan

I hear your concern but as a professional observer of this stuff, I'm not too worried. Cruise has been operating in downtown SF for over a year with no horror stories and only a couple of minor incidents, no more than you'd expect with careful human drivers. — John Rosevear on Self-Driving Cars Are Coming to Lower Manhattan

Self-driving electric cars that can be charged with solar power will make life cleaner, safer and more peaceful for all New Yorkers. These cars have already been tested for millions of miles around the country, and the company will not begin testing in NYC without substantial precautionary measures (including having a human driver on board). These cars are much safer and will be less expensive than human drivers! Having kids doesn’t mean you get to automatically resist progress for everyone else. Don’t be on the wrong side of history! Thanks. — Chris on Self-Driving Cars Are Coming to Lower Manhattan

For testing, you can apply for an AV-1, Autonomous Vehicle Technology Demonstration / Testing Permit. From there, you can run a pilot program after your technology demonstration. https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-autonomous-vehicle-testing-begin-new-york-state — alee on Self-Driving Cars Are Coming to Lower Manhattan

self driving car tests in nyc is a terrible idea. has the 1971 ny state law prohibiting autonomous vehicles been repealed? "S 1226. Control of steering mechanism. No person shall operate a motor vehicle without having at least one hand or, in the case of a physically handicapped person, at least one prosthetic device or aid on the steering mechanism at all times when the motor vehicle is in motion." — safe as milk on Self-Driving Cars Are Coming to Lower Manhattan

It's not like these vehicles are completely unattended during trials. Even current SAE level 5 autonomy tests legally requires someone sitting in the driver's seat at all times, ready to take over. This is no different than the dozen or so cars that are sold today and driving around Tribeca today that offer SAE level 2 autonomy (Tesla, BMW, Mercedes, Volvo, Cadillac, Audi etc.) They're all around you already. They work in all sorts of inclement weather too. I can see why people are afraid of them, but I'm willing to bet most of you folks sit immersed in your smartphone in the back seat of car driven by a marginally qualified driver today, without your seatbelts on and somehow think you, your children and your neighbors are somehow magically safe. I can tell you that these systems, as they exist today, are far safer than the last time I took a yellow cab. We're years away from fully unattended cars doing fully unattended trials anyway. I urge those of you who think it's unsafe to truly understand what it is and what it isn't. For one, I can tell you autonomous cars will actually follow the speed limit. It's the human that can't. — alee on Self-Driving Cars Are Coming to Lower Manhattan

Given their decades-long loss of market share (and its mere 10% market share in Manhattan), GM really is better off using the term "self-driving cars" instead of "driverless cars" IMO. — James on Self-Driving Cars Are Coming to Lower Manhattan

article says "All testing will include an engineer in the driver’s seat to monitor and evaluate performance, and a second person in the passenger seat." So possibly there will only be a few. — Vivien A. Collens on Self-Driving Cars Are Coming to Lower Manhattan

I completely agree with you Heide. Our streets are already so unsafe with so many small children downtown and schools this is ridiculous to try this in such an overpopulated area. — KG on Self-Driving Cars Are Coming to Lower Manhattan

Love the way this piece is positioned next to ads for "Tribeca's Best Kids' Parties" -- perfect irony. Just let me know when and where the testing starts so I can be sure to get myself and my family out of the way. Not my neighborhood! — Ellen Breslow on Self-Driving Cars Are Coming to Lower Manhattan

I strenuously object to testing these vehicles on our streets. Can I find agreement on this? — Heide Fasnacht on Self-Driving Cars Are Coming to Lower Manhattan

Thai Direct Bowls (on Seamless or direct on their website) do amazing lunch time bowls (kind of like a gourmet Chipotle for Thai Food) where you pick your ingredients. The best. — Hanne on Where to Order Thai Food in Tribeca

Andrew Cuomo would demand his due from the devil. — JOHN WHITE on In the News: How Andrew Cuomo Raises Money from Political Appointments

That's very encouraging news about getting rid of the "ticket hawkers" at last. Can't a similar move be made to get rid of the scourge of counterfeit sellers around Canal (especially on Canal and Lispenard near Broadway)? — Marcus on In the News: Solving the Aggressive Ticket Hawker Problem

That box is a neat find! As to the house number, here's a link showing a 1949 ad from "Analytical Chemistry" for the Emil Greiner Co. at "20-26 N. Moore Street." I assume the companies were related. https://doi.org/10.1021/ac60033a706 — James on Seen & Heard: This 1910 Building Will Be Spared

Chambers Street, 157 Chambers Street. — Jim Smithers on Where in Tribeca…?

No, but thanks for guessing! — Erik Torkells on Where in Tribeca…?