Troopers do not need permits. — PerryR on Seen & Heard: State Troopers Are Moving to Tribeca

They had trays of food being brought out for the party. So the kitchen was working. — Samantha on Seen & Heard: The Closing of Bit’z Kids

i just hope they are respectful of the original lorimer rich design of 199 church street. i have always admired the entrance and window hardware on this 1955 period piece. — safe as milk on Seen & Heard: State Troopers Are Moving to Tribeca

They are obviously here to thwart any rogue implementation of a 5-cent plastic bag fee by the Mayor. — James on Seen & Heard: State Troopers Are Moving to Tribeca

How about asking the governor and mayor why 150 troopers are being stationed in Tribeca? I can't imagine it is some childish Christie-traffic-study-bullshit-esque reason. Or is it? — Jim Smithers on Seen & Heard: State Troopers Are Moving to Tribeca

How about just a nice "welcome and thank you" to these frist responders that will be based in or neighborhood and protecting the city. — Jamal on Seen & Heard: State Troopers Are Moving to Tribeca

http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20170206/TRANSPORTATION/170209944/locals-registering-their-cars-in-other-states-could-be-cheating-new-york-out-of-millions "There are an estimated 25% of NYC drivers with cars registered out of state The reported cost to the city in unpaid parking tickets by those drivers is $73 million [...] The state Department of Financial Services estimates that people who live in New York but register their car out of state cost insurers $19 million each year in underpriced premiums." — James on In the News: More on the Jewelry Store Death

Then again, it could be a good thing if the troopers pitch-in on the city's shortage of school crossing guards down here. While fighting terrorism. — jfrankp on Seen & Heard: State Troopers Are Moving to Tribeca

If they bother with permits. Just park on the sidewalk. — jfrankp on Seen & Heard: State Troopers Are Moving to Tribeca

And there are so many empty parking spaces going unused here, just waiting for troopers with state-issued parking permits to fill them. — James on Seen & Heard: State Troopers Are Moving to Tribeca

Regardless of the gov-mayor spat, makes so much sense to put state troopers in Tribeca, where crime and terrorism are rampant. — jfrankp on Seen & Heard: State Troopers Are Moving to Tribeca

Dont become as biased as mainstream media please. — Jrad on “America Runs on Immigrants”

Do these "Downtown pols" really need another study to find ways to improve traffic here? "SECURITY" THEATER * After 9/11 to "protect" One Police Plaza, the City shut Park Row and access to many of the surrounding streets, rather than move Police Headquarters to a more defensible location. (Then again, after the first attack on the WTC in the 1990s, local politicians decided it would be smart to locate the Office of Emergency Management's multimillion emergency command bunker on the 23rd floor of World Trade Center Building 7, a not unlikely future terrorist target.) * The City and State allowed security to prevent the unfettered reconnection of Greenwich and Fulton Streets to the street grid, effectively maintaining the disastrous WTC superblock. SQUANDERED TRANSIT FUNDS * Politicians spent 4 billion dollars on a literal white elephant that could be about the least cost-effective way to improve transportation. * The rail tunnel to New Jersey that was cancelled for reasons of cost would have eliminated lots of cars and some buses (that clog city streets rather than stopping at the overburdened Port Authority terminal) coming into the City. According to Streetsblog: "In October 2012, the most recent month for which Hub Bound data is available, buses were 10.8 percent of all eastbound traffic in the Lincoln Tunnel, according to the Port Authority. But on an average weekday that month, buses carried 73.4 percent of all people traveling through the tunnel, according to the Hub Bound report. Put another way: Nearly three-quarters of people in the Lincoln Tunnel are traveling in about one-tenth of the vehicles. "Or: Nearly 90 percent of vehicles clogging the tunnel are carrying slightly more than one-quarter of the people. The bus numbers aren’t as lopsided for the Holland Tunnel, which has no dedicated bus lanes, but the efficiency of transit is still apparent: Buses are only 1.5 percent of the vehicles, yet manage to carry 26.5 percent of all people using the downtown crossing." THE POLITICAL WILL MEETS THE POLITICAL WON'T Politicians continue to encourage the least efficient mode of transportation -- the single-occupant car -- in other ways. * Why do downtown politicians tolerate the use of Canal Street as an interstate freeway going from a bridge to a tunnel? One in five drivers entering the busiest parts of Manhattan are only passing through, on their way elsewhere. They are not the constituents of the downtown politicians, either. * Despite the availability of technology to collect tolls without tollbooths on the Verrazano Bridge and elsewhere, politicians continue to allow the cost-free use of Manhattan streets. Over half the car drivers commuting to Manhattan live elsewhere in the 5 boroughs, not in New Jersey or Long Island or Westchester or upstate. What do our downtown politicians think of that? (Apparently central London's congestion charge raises hundreds of millions of dollars annually to improve public transit, reduced overall traffic 10%, reduced cars entering by one-third, and increasing bike ridership by 30%.) * On-street parking is either free at the vast majority of on-street spots or heavily subsidized at meters when compared to the price in lots and garages. That 50%+ share of all the drivers commuting into Manhattan have parking options subsidized by NYC both in Manhattan and where they park their cars at home. Cheap parking at home or at work means more cars. * The City and State continues to provide parking placards for over 100,000 government employees. Free parking means that workers in no NYC industry drive to work in greater proportion than government workers, many of whom work for agencies located in downtown Manhattan. Would you be surprised if 25% of the available street parking downtown were occupied by placard holders? With little fear of enforcement, those placard holders do not always park in a legal parking space, either, and that hinders traffic also. * There is essentially zero enforcement of laws against the fraudulent use of phony parking placards or "union-issued" parking placards. (Not to mention the absence of enforcement of laws against intersection blocking and double parking, which large companies can prepay at discounted rates.) Other cities control street parking by a system of parking permits available to local area residents only who register their cars in the neighborhood (and not at their second homes to obtain lower auto insurance rates). * Of the 31,000 vehicles in the NYC government fleet, only 8,000 are designated "critical," i.e., Corrections buses, Street and parking meter repair, garbage collection trucks and sweepers, FDNY ambulances, ladders, and pumpers, etc. How many of those other 23,000 vehicles are "take-home" vehicles used for commuting by government employees? — James on In the News: More on the Jewelry Store Death

Nothing can replace the Raccoon Lodge! Sadly. But Puffy's is a great, and simple, bar. — Ben on Seen & Heard: New “Modern Asian” Restaurant

Across from Finn Square. Sofia Bros. Bldg. — Derek on Where in Tribeca…?

SO TRUE! Loved Bubble...sad it's no longer. I'm a champagne lover so it was the best. Shop drink and eat local!!! — Erocka on The Bubble Lounge Is About to Pop Its Last Cork

They can pull off an event with just electricity. — Erik Torkells on Seen & Heard: The Closing of Bit’z Kids

Thalassa has not been open to the public for over 10 days now. I tried to go last Friday and they were open for a private party, not the public. So obvs the kitchen is working. — Samantha on Seen & Heard: The Closing of Bit’z Kids

http://www.csagroup.com/project.php?msid=3&pid=154 New York State Insurance Fund Headquarters Renovation & Workplace Improvements Client: New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF) Location: New York, New York Cost: $55 Million [...] CSA was contracted as the architect and engineers for the New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF) renovation of their 350,000 SF, 18 story headquarters office building at 199 Church Street, in New York City. The renovation is driven by the implementation of New York Local Law 26/04; which requires the installation of sprinklers in high rise office buildings and code related modifications to fire safety systems be under a five year phased construction plan is with an expected completion by July of 2019. This requirement presented a unique opportunity for the renewal of the existing building originally designed in the 1950’s. Improvements to the facility incorporate NYS Governor’s Executive Order 88 (Sustainable Design), emerging technologies, programmatic needs, life safety matters, and the overall quality of the office environment as part of the new design. The building will undergo a complete transformation that will not only bring the facility into compliance with current codes and life safety standards, but also achieve programmatic reconfiguration of the existing building’s internal spaces. The project scope includes modifications to the ceiling for the introduction of sprinkler piping, hangers and supports; converting the existing fire standpipe into a combined standpipe/sprinkler riser; new lighting and remediation to the electrical systems; modifications to the air conditioning and ventilation systems; and selective demolition and new construction to achieve desired programmatic occupancy changes. New finishes and furniture will be incorporated into the design of each floor. CSA Group developed a Phasing Strategy utilizing limited available in-building swing space in order to meet the required construction schedule. — James on Seen & Heard: The Closing of Bit’z Kids

Two brothers who ran the store. Family owned. Very sad. — TribecaMom on Suspicious Death at Jewelry Store

wow...amazing you found all these. Thanks for another delightful pick me up! — Will on Love Is All Around

It's the corner of Church & Duane, not Reade — Laine on Suspicious Death at Jewelry Store

RE Cleveland: Funny! I didn't watch the show, but I lived in Battery Park City for a year in the mid-80's and referred to it as "Cleveland." All the newish buildings gave it a suburban vibe. It was full of people who did not identify themselves as New Yorkers (mostly junior finance types who were here temporarily and looking forward to moving back to Atlanta or wherever in a few years). And you had to cross a bridge (over the West Side Highway) to get into the "real" Manhattan! (Sign me as) NowLivingOnDuaneStreet — Joel Redfield on Seen & Heard: A Peek Inside Serafina

Pupculture has been walking my dog for years and they are always super responsive and reliable. Glad to see them even closer in the neighborhood! — TribecaMama on New Kid on the Block: Pupculture

Thanks again, Tribeca Citizen! I'm a little disappointment though. I was going to apply if they were based at The Four Seasons. — Janet on Nosy Neighbor: Where Are the World Trade Center Soldiers Based?