I find his to be a sad design that could be an equal-sized park somewhere on land. Its “forest”, play space, “dune” grassland, etc., avoid engaging the living, changing river in a meaningful way. Despite the inclusion of an ambitious pier-end steel mesh “lounge”, the overall design focuses on a program of uses and urban park conventions, rather than this unique “place”. Aside from its existing views of the sky and river-sweep, most of it could be located within the buildings of Battery Park City, or in Philadelphia. What is this place? This river is alive. It is an immense complex of tidal, seasonal, and weather-related events -- and human activity -- that profoundly influence the water and the creatures that live in it. It is based on water-born plants and animals that sustain all life on earth. The nature of the Estuary is as fascinating and profound – and hidden – as any place in nature. Mere blocks from the World Trade Center and its diverse memorials, Pier 26 can offer an intimate encounter with the intelligence in nature if we provide a means to observe it. It can help remedy our increasingly over-designed City and our collective need for greater ecological awareness in a time of rapid species depletion and perilous climate change. These are needs that will only increase in the years ahead. The Estuarium should be the focus of Pier 26 and should be located upon it and well offshore, with ample deck and dockside space to enable the netting, collecting and study, dive support and small boat use, water sampling and other research activities that are part of an exciting marine research and education program that engages the public. The Clearwater should be part of this program. Think Woods Hole. To reveal the intense life and ecology of this place, river water should be pumped up to deck-level to flow through aquarium tanks that display river creatures and how they interact with one another and with the brackish tidal water that changes day to day and hour to hour. The River Project pioneered this Estuarium concept on Pier 26 in 1986 on a shoestring budget, and helped to establish the Hudson River Park Estuarine Sanctuary that now extends to 59th Street. There is no other program in New York or in the world that offers such an intimate and in-depth experience of the living environment in such close proximity to its urban setting. Olin’s concept design locates the Estuarium in a box next to a noisy highway and a fantasy playground that offer little contact with the water. Their pier and pathway offer a series of encounters with artificial landscape zones that are largely a repeat of the adjacent Pier 25. None of these experiences provide a view of the life beneath the water’s surface, nor any insights about what is hidden in this place. Why limit our vision to a conventional list of park amenities on Pier 26 that repeats what is available nearby in the Park and ignores the potential to connect with the gigantic living space that surrounds it? Out on the pier’s end, surrounded by water, it may be that walking or sitting on an open-mesh surface 10-15 feet above the water will provide a physical thrill and a memorable encounter with the water’s surface action. Given this river’s nature, this may rarely be restful or likely to invite a person to linger. Visitors can already observe this on the open meshes of the East River Park at Wall Street. A restless tendency may be especially true above an artificial wetland, if we are to imagine the oyster shoals, insects, floating trash and periodic effluents that are natural to this location. I hope that all the designers and stakeholders that are involved in this worthy project will recognize that Pier 26 represents an opportunity for the public to encounter the living river above and below the water’s surface and a legacy for future generations that we cannot squander on a conventional menu of urban park amenities. There will never again be such an opportunity to access the life in this location which is so important to New York City and the world. — Stephen Korns on First Look: Pier 26

You neglected to mention the non response on the part of the police officer they approached for help. — Heide Fasnacht on It Happened Here Again

MI-5 is the pits and has to go even if these cowards who attacked these activists didn't come from there (I'm pretty sure they did.) TriBeCa would be a better place without MI-5 and Haus. — A on It Happened Here Again

Estancia is THE neighborhood restaurant in N. Tribeca! — Rohin on Spotlight: Estancia 460

Tougher enforcement against the MANY cars using Hubert and Vestry Sts to cut into the Holland Tunnel lanes would go a long way to reduce congestion and road rage on hudson. These cars end up blocking the local lane ofter for several light cycles and are a major cause of the incessant honking. The traffic officer at Laight St totally ignores these infractions and there are no officers at these corners — Remington on Holland Tunnel Traffic Impacts

Fantastic place. Great piece. Thanks. — The Noisy Cat on Spotlight: Estancia 460

Thank you, Erik! I picked mine up today! — Susan Rosenberg Jones on The Great Tote Bag Giveaway!

Wow...thanks for posting the 1908 photo. Can't tear my eyes off it. More old TriBeCa, please! — William Meyerhofer on Seen & Heard: Taryn Toomey’s Studio Opens Next Month

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/18/nyregion/a-vestige-of-the-original-world-trade-center-returns-to-duty.html . . . for pictures and more info. They call it the Chambers Street stop, but it's actually World Trade Center. — Hudson River on Seen & Heard: New Oculus Subway Entrance

Re the subway entrance: if you get off the front of the train and keep going forward, that's where it is train-wise. It connects to the balcony near the passage to the Fulton Center inside the "mall.". They've preserved the old WTC floor, signage, bannister, etc. so if you had used it before it may be a bit of a shock. — Hudson River on Seen & Heard: New Oculus Subway Entrance

The clubhouse is the best! xo — Beautiful on Spotlight: Estancia 460

Congrat's Atomic Wings. Two errors on 1 sign. That's quite a feet. — C.J on You’re My Typo

Many of us who've been here for a long time remember that when Sen. Schumer first ran against Al D'Amato he promised to introduce a bill in the Senate to reverse the toll on the Verrazano Bridge, bringing it into line with all other tolls into the city. Once elected, of course, he completely forgot that promise and nothing, for a change, changed. — Hila Rosen on CB1 Tribeca Committee: The Unofficial Minutes (December 2016)

Beauty out my window! — Joel Roskind on First Look: Pier 26

Pam, the Ronnybrook woman is a doll! She is sincere and with good humor! Just sayin' Kelly. — TG on Seen & Heard: Ronnybrook Is Leaving the Tribeca Greenmarket

From Wikipedia on Nathan Hale: "Besides the site at 66th Street and Third Avenue, currently a Nike store, three other sites in Manhattan claim to be the hanging site: "City Hall Park, where a statue designed by Frederick William MacMonnies was erected in 1890 "Inside Grand Central Terminal "The Yale Club at 44th Street and Vanderbilt Avenue, near Grand Central Terminal, the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) hung a plaque which states the event occurred there "Nathan Hale's body has never been found." — James on Seen & Heard: Taryn Toomey’s Studio Opens Next Month

See below for a Smithsonian Magazine ariticle about the PT Barnum Museum fire that engulfed it. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/pt-barnums-bizarre-museum-burned-ground-1865-180955955/ — JPL on Seen & Heard: Taryn Toomey’s Studio Opens Next Month

it's that in weird plaza thing by the holland tunnel on laight street — daniel on Where in Tribeca…?

From the DOB website: "1 WHITE STREET [...] THE BOROUGH COMMISSIONER HAS ORDERED AN ADMINISTRATIVE STOP WORK ORDER FOR APPLICATION # 121191851, THE CONTRACTOR OF RECORD HAS WITHDRAWN AS PERMIT HOLDER" — James on Seen & Heard: Has Man of the World Ditched Its Tribeca Plan?

1908 photo is fascinating. I saw a lecture a couple of years ago by cocktail historian David Wondrich that was about the history of the bars and nightlife of Lower Manhattan, and it's fun to try and figure out where some landmarks might be old pictures like this. Unfortunately, this photo is 30 years too late to be able to see the lost PT Barnum's American Museum that was located at Broadway and Anne St. Apparently it was way more raucous than a museum of today, with a bar and a shooting gallery on the premises. The things that this part of the neighborhood has seen! From PT Barnum, to the hanging of Nathan Hale at the northwest corner of the park. I love seeing old photos and maps that remind me of that fact. — Doug on Seen & Heard: Taryn Toomey’s Studio Opens Next Month

That 1908 photo is amazing. It's interesting to see the buildings that remain and those that have been replaced. Nice also to see the Broadway Chambers Building - Cass Gilbert's beauty that had yet to be outshone by The Woolworth Building. At street level, some things never change; there's plenty of jay walking and lots of busses (or trolleys)! — Andrea on Seen & Heard: Taryn Toomey’s Studio Opens Next Month

While I totally agree with @Robert Ripps, I don't think that 100 years ago the horses put as much stress on our streets as the cars and trucks do. This stretch of Greenwich is right by Laight Street which takes the abuse of all those trucks coming off the Holland Tunnel. There's been a petition going around to enforce the traffic laws… But not sure how much traction it's getting?! — Marc on Seen & Heard: “Ocean’s 8” Is Filming Here Today

No idea where this is, but I love it! — berrybooo on Where in Tribeca…?

Thanks to the person at the top who 311'd about this. Thurs eve around 7 there were two DEP trucks at the site and one of the drivers good-naturedly promised that the leak would be solved that night. Which would be barely in time because the ice had already spread dangerously for me on my bike and everyone else. — Komanoff on Seen & Heard: Endless Bus Bulb Construction

Thanks for the laughs, Erik. But shouldn't this page be titled "Your My Typo"? ; ) — PeterD on You’re My Typo