I thought about that, but it's hard to imagine the same tenant being interested in the wildly different spaces. — Erik Torkells on A New Restaurant on Warren Street

Could this be the place that considered the former Nobu space but couldn't reach an agreement with the landlord due to high rent costs? Also, do you think that landlords in buildings with restaurants, retail, etc need to be regulated? — Alex on A New Restaurant on Warren Street

We go to the Prime one on W. Broadway somewhat regularly. They indicated exactly what was stated above. After the initial reports I thought maybe it was just moving to a new location, but they assured us they were not. This makes more sense in my opinion... Il Giglio was sort of a "distant cousin" of the Il Mulino franchise/group. May be ready to make another run at it here. Good addition. — Jeff on Seen & Heard: Il Mulino’s Tribeca Restaurant

Counterfeiting in Chinatown goes back at least 50 years and will not go away anytime soon. There was a crackdown many years ago but a) didn't do much to deter vendors and b) the likes of Prada and Chanel didn't suffer all the much despite cautionary tales of how counterfeiting would be the downfall of all retail establishments. — Bob Jacobs on Seen & Heard: Counterfeit-Bag Vendors Remain Unchecked

Perhaps there's a rule that you have to break at least three laws simultaneously before the 1st Precinct will take action. — Erik Torkells on Seen & Heard: Counterfeit-Bag Vendors Remain Unchecked

My wife (a handbag designer) called the police on the bag bazaar at Canal and Broadway, blocking sidewalk traffic and selling illegal merchandise, and the police officer on the phone said and I quote: "there's nothing we can do." — Troy Torrison on Seen & Heard: Counterfeit-Bag Vendors Remain Unchecked

Regardless of why the summons court move was opposed, said opposition could have led to a lawsuit which would have led inevitably to discovery, documents, and depositions. It makes no sense to say the City caved because the opposition was allegedly racist. In that case, an Administration with nothing to hide (and willing to vacate summonses and talk about closing Rikers) would have stood on principle and taken on an unjustified opposition it believed was merely racist. — James on In the News: Developer Battle Imperils Clocktower Conversion

yikes! — madeline c lanciani on Manhunt!

I think the issue with that location is that they need a new storefront. I walked by Tara/20/twenty everyday and it always gave me the impression of a gentlemen's club. — lowphat on A New Restaurant on Warren Street

The move of the Summons Court was opposed by the community because of a combination of extreme NIMBYism and, IMHO, racism. If you search TC, you will find hysteria about placing it in a residential neighborhood, about danger to women and children - it went on and on. Finally, the City caved. It had nothing to do with real estate deals. If racism seems like a strong word, consider that the City has scrapped 644,000 of the warrants that would have fallen under the perfume id the Sunmons Court. Attempts at the time to explain that minorities were arrested for no reason were, to put it mildly, unsuccessful. Only now has the government admitted its error. I bet the neighborhood would still reject the court. https://www.google.no/amp/s/mobile.nytimes.com/2017/08/09/nyregion/644000-old-warrants-scrapped-for-crimes-like-public-drinking.amp.html — A. on In the News: Developer Battle Imperils Clocktower Conversion

Daniel is terrific - I was blown away the first time I met him and heard him speak and he's consistently impressed me as my State Senator. It's disappointing - I took pride in having one of the good ones representing me...but I have a feeling he'll go on to do more exciting, worthwhile stuff and might just save the country in the process. Good luck, Mr. Senator! (and yeah, he's make a terrific mayor or Congressman or who knows what.) — Will on State Senator Daniel Squadron Has Resigned

From "Possible Pay-to-Play Links to Between Developers and City Administration" Lynn Ellsworth Tribeca Trust April 25, 2016 lynnellsworth@tribecatrust.org Has Tribeca’s request for Historic District Expansion been stalled because of these interests? 346 Broadway, the New York Life Insurance Company Building, aka, “The Clock Tower Building” at Broadway and Leonard. a. This individually landmarked building was owned by the city until 2013 when it was sold to Peebles Corporation for conversion to luxury condos. The sale price was $160 million. b. Tawan Davis was an executive in New York’s Economic Development Corporation at the time and was involved in negotiating the deal. He was then hired by Peebles. c. In a complaint later filed by another Peebles employee on another matter, it was alleged that Mr. Davis gave Peebles insider information on other bids for the site. http://therealdeal.com/2015/06/23/ex-peebles-employee-presses-on-in-fight-forcompensation/ d. When the city later attempted to move the criminal courts from 346 Broadway to another location in Tribeca, they dropped the move after neighbors threatened a lawsuit. Why? Is it because irregularities in the sale of the property might have come to light in court? www.landmarkwest.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Compiled-Possible-Pay-to-Play-final.pdf — James on In the News: Developer Battle Imperils Clocktower Conversion

Re #7 - It is between Warren & Murray, by Berenice Abbott, 1936. Compare with: The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "West Street Row: V, between Warren & Murray Streets, Manhattan." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1936. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-4edb-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 — James on Seen & Heard: Peeking Inside Greca

I worry a lot about any building in that area competing with The Woolworth Building - which is indisputably one of the great architectural monuments in NYC and needs a lot of breathing room. That - and the issue of scale - would be my first concerns. — Will on First Look at the 42-Story Building Planned for Broadway

Re clock tower project - The building was valued (per article) somewhere between $410 million (high) and $310 million(low) - So why did our city sell it to these dueling developers for half?! And which City politicians benefited from this steal of a sale. There's another far more compelling story hiding in here somewhere! — Rohin on In the News: Developer Battle Imperils Clocktower Conversion

HAHAHA.......Well Jim.....I guess we are two sad souls who crave Tribeca Citizen news....... — Ruben on Seen & Heard: Walk-Up Windows

In front of the Leonard Street Substation — Catharina on Where in Tribeca…?

Glad it is not another steakhouse. We already have too many. — Carmen on Seen & Heard: Il Mulino’s Tribeca Restaurant

Smithers FTW — Sheila on Seen & Heard: Walk-Up Windows

Maybe SoHo can actually have art galleries again, if the rents keep dropping. — Marcus on In the News: Developer Battle Imperils Clocktower Conversion

And 11:05 pm is somehow not sad?!!!!! — Jim Smithers on Seen & Heard: Walk-Up Windows

That building is 2 Rector Street. www.skyscrapercenter.com/new-york-city/two-rector-street/11397/ commercialobserver.com/2016/03/fidis-2-rector-street-sells-to-trio-of-investors/amp/ — James on Show Us Your Roof: 88 Greenwich

That's the top of the Battery Parking Garage, which is where the Tribute in Light is projected from on 9/11. It's also a surprisingly fantastic parking garage - one of the few self-park facilities left in the city. — alee on Show Us Your Roof: 88 Greenwich

So agree TK. — TG on Seen & Heard: 30-Story Building Coming to Greenwich Street

I cannot think of an apparently less taxing job than "Constituent Services, Community Liaison, & Scheduler For Council Member Margaret Chin" — James on Seen & Heard: 30-Story Building Coming to Greenwich Street