Our office (Councilwoman Chin's) will be following up with USPS and DOT regarding this issue. If any of your readers would like to forward any 311 complaint numbers, they can email pleonard@council.nyc.gov. Thanks — Paul Leonard on Seen & Heard: Mail Trucks on Lispenard

Looks fantastic! Any idea when it is opening? I am so tired of looking at the defunct Super Linda space. — ARF on Two Restaurants in One

I hear Congressman Nadler's office is very concerned about the performance or lack thereof from Canal Street Station. One should definitely contact them with concerns and complaints. His office is said to be very responsive in these Canal Street Station matters. Canal Street Station will be very responsive to complaints conveyed by the Congressman's office. Contact information, from Nadler's website: Below you can find information for my Manhattan District office. You are welcome to phone or send a message to me through the U.S. Postal Service. Please note that postal mail is the slowest method for contacting me. All postal mail sent to my offices must be scanned for security purposes, which means it will take an additional two weeks for me to receive it. If you prefer, you may contact me by e-mail [at https://jerroldnadler.house.gov/forms/writeyourrep/default.aspx] 201 Varick Street, Suite 669 New York, NY 10014 Phone: 212-367-7350 — James on Seen & Heard: Mail Trucks on Lispenard

Re: "just because something is expensive does not mean it has value or will stand the test of time." “Cecil Graham: What is a cynic? Lord Darlington: A man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing. Cecil Graham: And a sentimentalist, my dear Darlington, is a man who sees an absurd value in everything and doesn’t know the market price of any single thing.” ― Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan Re: " Many will pay for the shiny, new and unique" www.nytimes.com/1990/11/24/world/fear-abates-among-chinese-but-few-find-cause-for-hope.html The Government keeps promising that reforms will continue and life will get better, and it points to the shiny new office buildings and stadiums that give Beijing an ever more modern appearance. But ordinary people seem skeptical, and a popular saying reflects their distaste. "Lu fen dan, biaomian guang," they scoff: "shiny on the outside -- just like donkey droppings." www.nytimes.com/2004/12/01/opinion/chinas-donkey-droppings.html I love China, and I share its officials' distaste for those who harm it. That's why I'm angry that hard-liners in Beijing are presenting China to the world as repressive, fragile, tyrannical and backward. They are also undermining China's long-term prospects by gagging its people. China now dazzles visitors with luxury skyscrapers, five-star hotels and modern freeways. This boom is real and spectacular, but for China to be an advanced nation it needs not only spaceships, but also freedom. Otherwise, all that dazzle is just a mirage. The Chinese leaders might recall an old peasant expression, "Lu fen dan'r, biaomian'r guang." It means, "On the outside, even donkey droppings gleam." — James on New Building Report Card: 12 Warren

Julie Menin must be channeling the 1962 film The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance: "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend." — James on Seen & Heard: Showroom Sample Sale

The architecture reminds me of Gaudi's Park Guel. Love it. — Marilyn Dumas-John on Revealed: The Wild New Building on Franklin

Julie Menin presented to CB1 about film shoots and was very proud of the accomplishment that they have minimal 311 complaints. Downtown, we usually have good experiences but when you do not...file a 311 complaint. That is the only way it is tracked and they know who is the bad apple...if you call the phone number on the poster, you may or may not get action & the film office has no idea. — TMK on Seen & Heard: Showroom Sample Sale

It definitely makes a statement but is incongruous with the neighborhood. I love stonework but this looks heavy & dark. When the greenery grows, if allowed to prosper up the whole building, it will add interest but also weight. Love the comments about the price but just because something is expensive does not mean it has value or will stand the test of time. Many will pay for the shiny, new and unique...especially for the address....that said, it's better than a full glass tower. — TAMK on New Building Report Card: 12 Warren

Very funny. Now extinct: The TriBeCa ManBearPig! Where did he go? Who killed him off! — TG on Seen & Heard: 40-Foot-Tall Sculptural Canopy on Pier 17

Oh I don’t know...I guess it is fun. TriBeCa: home of the single family elite. I hope they buy locally. — TG on Revealed: The Wild New Building on Franklin

What is the guy Andrew smoking? White Street is a 100% residential? Since when? I do not know whether or not this couple were good or bad tenants in Chelsea. But it is not possible for them to have not secured garbage removal. It just could not have happened. I love the idea of a creative space open 24 hours. If they need to supplement their business with events so be it. The area is surrounded by business. They need to be held to their community commitments and hire managers who are acutely aware of our demands in being good neighbors but I say let’s go for it! The pros outweigh the cons. — TG on The Debate Over Town Stages

I kind of like it too. It beats those heinous tall glass towers. I hope it ages well. If the greenery takes it could. At $2100 psf the pricing is competitive in this market bloated with new developments and their high closing costs. I am going to give it a chance though I don’t have much choice anyway. — TG on New Building Report Card: 12 Warren

Congratulations on the NYT article! I stumbled across Tribeca Citizen recently and have been coming back regularly ever since for the great coverage and hyperlocal content. Love what you're doing! — JY on In the News: Tribeca Citizen in the New York Times

Glad to hear it. — Dixie on In the News: Puffy’s Back in the Day

This building has been in the Pantzer family for over a hundred years .we use to own towers cafeteria and the building which is now the Odeon Joan pantzer p.s. Will never sell passing on to next in family — Joan pantzer on In the News: Puffy’s Back in the Day

I had no idea Gigantic was no longer there! — Andy on Tribeca Is Getting a Stretching Studio

Looks cool. The haters are a bunch of uptight old farts — Owen on New Building Report Card: 12 Warren

187 Franklin Street LPC permit: http://archive.citylaw.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/lpc/10.23.12/136250.pdf This comes from another good search site for LPC permits: www.nyls.edu/cityadmin/ — James on Revealed: The Wild New Building on Franklin

There was no mention of glass balconies I read on the permit. I will post the link later when the system comes back up. That said, it doesn't mean that the approved drawings do not show a glass floor; they might. A metal floor made of slats would be more in keeping with the district IMO. — James on Revealed: The Wild New Building on Franklin

Gaudi was my first thought too. Love It ! — John on Revealed: The Wild New Building on Franklin

The floors, specifically, or the parts that we see up now? — Erik Torkells on Revealed: The Wild New Building on Franklin

Compare them to the metal floors of the baskets of fire escapes. — James on Revealed: The Wild New Building on Franklin

COFA 13-6390 describes them as "pierced metal balconies." — James on Revealed: The Wild New Building on Franklin

You mean the floor of the balcony? I don't know. I'll have to go look at the LPC permits posted at the site, because the LPC's website doesn't appear to include info from more than two years ago. — Erik Torkells on Revealed: The Wild New Building on Franklin

Looks like they are going to be getting glass balconies? — Rohin on Revealed: The Wild New Building on Franklin