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  • Literally none of the pictures in the linked Buzzfeed articles are "selfies," just to clear up your understanding of the term. — Eric on A Poke Restaurant Appears to Be Opening in Tribeca

  • Forgot about that! Thanks — Erik Torkells on Seen & Heard: Police Memorial Renderings

  • La Colombe received a major capital investment and is now owned by Chobani — wpr8e on Seen & Heard: Police Memorial Renderings

  • Agree! — MME on Seen & Heard: New Retail Tenant on Church

  • I must say I find the removal of the smaller stacked carts ridiculous. Do we live in suburbia? Do we have supermarket parking lots? I've never seen any of the carts outside Whole Foods. Not all of us have multiple children, some of us are single and it would be nice to have the smaller carts back. Anytime I went to Whole Foods there were lots of big ones around at the entrance, unused, while most people used the smaller carts. Yet another reason to shop there less and less. — Dixie on Seen & Heard: New Retail Tenant on Church

  • The 'sidewalk hostage' issue is one of the most annoying parts of living in this area. Sidewalks magically disappear, sidewalk sheds have lives measured in years not months and there seems to be no sort of regulation which gives the pedestrian any rights to walk safely. I know this was raised at the CB1 Construction Forum but was met with a universal 'shrug of the shoulders'. Of course construction has to take place and we cannot escape some disruption as a result but there are cases, such as the one you mention where the amount of space and the complete disregard for users of the streets are totally unreasonable. — Bob on Seen & Heard: Wandering Bull

  • Weird that in 2016 - with more and more folks switching to a vegetarian or vegan or pescatarian diet...our neighborhood is deluged with steakhouses. From my point of view (as a non-meateater) it's rather discouraging. — Will on In the News: Tribeca’s Presidential Candidate

  • Has anyone else been shocked by the new Whole Food carts? I've only used them once, but I was shocked a few times, mildly, like a strong static-electric shock, when my hand accidentally touched the silver piece of metal attached to the cart in front of the handle on the right side. Am I imagining things? — Susan on Seen & Heard: New Retail Tenant on Church

  • Great news! Nice to have more galleries on the street — Marcus on Another Major Gallery on Walker Street

  • The relationship of architecture to crime is explored in the recently published book "A Burglar's Guide to the City" by Geoff Manaugh. More at burglarsguide.com — James on In the News: Through-the-Wall Burglary

  • I thought the big building might be 32 6th Avenue, but now I see the old Chanterelle building with the clock tower, so of course it's Hudson. It's a wonderful angle on the neighborhood! — Suz on Seen & Heard: Big Canal Street Topper

  • That's 60 Hudson in the middle of the photo. — Erik Torkells on Seen & Heard: Big Canal Street Topper

  • I'm pretty sure that photograph shows traffic on 6th Avenue, not Hudson. — Suz on Seen & Heard: Big Canal Street Topper

  • Erik, An extremely valid point re: 456 Greenwich.. It is inconceivable to me that they have been allowed to swallow up all three surrounding sidewalks. Who decides this?? Given this has been allowed to take place, I cannot understand why they have not been required to at least make a walkway (with the usual plastic dividers making a channel in roadway) to allow people to safely cross the areas in question. Finally as you point out very clearly - why has this all taken place so many months before any real construction has taken place.. The site has been at a standstill for months (permits?) I for one am very excited for this new Hotel to be built as it will certainly have a positive effect in our immediate neighborhood, however at the same time there should be just a base minimal concern for very basic safety of the people who need to use the sidewalks around the site. — Rohin on Seen & Heard: Wandering Bull

  • Private evacuation service? Everything that's wrong with America, in a nutshell. — A on In the News: Tribeca’s Presidential Candidate

  • Ecco? — Una on Where in Tribeca…?

  • From what I've seen, homeless people actually seem to prefer the larger carts over the small ones. — lowphat on Nosy Neighbor: Why Did Whole Foods Get Rid of Its Small Shopping Carts?

  • lovely - thanks for these! — Will on Close-Up: Cortlandt Alley

  • Amazing how many people leave their bags/wallets/jackets with stuff in pockets lying around and then are surprised that they've been stolen. Yeah, it's theft - but... — A. on In the News: Virtual Reality Arcade

  • Though it has been a long time coming, it is great, almost moving to see this: simple, normal and good life return to this site, as it was before September 11, 2001. Send this article to Al Qaeda and let them know their all their idiot, evil efforts were in vain. — Michael Burke on Four More Openings at the World Trade Center Mall

  • Why is saying "people steal carts" insulting? If it's true, then it's a valid reason, not an insult — Marcus on Nosy Neighbor: Why Did Whole Foods Get Rid of Its Small Shopping Carts?

  • Ya think? — Jim Smithers on Nosy Neighbor: Why Did Whole Foods Get Rid of Its Small Shopping Carts?

  • Probably the carts are /were being stolen by the homeless!!! — dianne talan on Nosy Neighbor: Why Did Whole Foods Get Rid of Its Small Shopping Carts?

  • Looks like Burberry is a shoplifter's dream. — alee on In the News: Virtual Reality Arcade

  • Whole foods did the same with the steam table containers, penny plnching and treating customers like idiots. The latter is the more insulting. — Victor kennedy on Nosy Neighbor: Why Did Whole Foods Get Rid of Its Small Shopping Carts?