A few weeks ago I had to call the cops twice for the same deranged homeless man who was trashing the street and starting fights with inanimate objects. Not to sound NIMBY, but the past few months the homeless situation has gotten substantially worse in Tribeca. — Adam on Seen & Heard: New Indian Restaurant

I love the Chambers St Smoke Shop sign - would really be nice if whatever goes in there preserves it or re-uses it. Gorgeous hand painted letters - so evocative of New York, disappearing so fast. — Anne Baxter on Seen & Heard: By Chloe in Tribeca, Too?

Last week, there was a deranged man was swinging a piece of wood outside of 50 Murray St. After he hit a resident, the doorman came to the rescue and subdued the man until the police could arrive. The doorman sustained an injury to the head in the process. — FiDi Resident on Seen & Heard: New Indian Restaurant

Which should be very handy! Except I see nothing for last Saturday or this Saturday on that stretch of Broadway—although it's always possible I missed it. — Erik Torkells on Seen & Heard: New Indian Restaurant

Regarding your Broadway/Leonard street closure sign. The NYC events website includes street closures sortable by date and time etc. http://www1.nyc.gov/events/events-filter.html — JPL on Seen & Heard: New Indian Restaurant

I agree with Leo. Why not let the owner maintain at least some semblance of privacy? If people are truly interested, they can easily find the name themselves. The name doesn't add anything of particular value anyway. I understand that it's a public record and as a journalist it would make sense to reveal it. But, as a member of the community, I think it would be nice to respect our neighbors and let them do their thing. When we bought our Tribeca apartment years ago, you published our names with random info from outdated LinkedIn/Facebook profiles. I am nobody anybody would care about, and I hate that that post now lives forever on the internet whenever anyone searches my name. — Jennifer on Seen & Heard: New Spa Rumored

Given it's in the public records, I did the ACRIS search myself, and I think anyone who really wants to know should just go through that effort. There's no need to publicize the name directly to those who are nosy but lazy, and anyway I don't think they going to get excited about the head of a recruiting firm that covers a subset of finance roles. — Leo on Seen & Heard: New Spa Rumored

All I know is what they've said, both on the phone and on the investment page linked to in the post. But anything is possible.... For what it's worth, the DOB filings for 80 White say this: "CONVERSION OF EXISTING WAREHOUSE BUILDING INTO MIXED USE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL USES, AS PER PLANS FILED HEREWITH. The Schedule A, however, says "Retail" on the first floor, "Gallery" on the second floor, "Offices" on floors 3-5, and one apartment on the sixth floor. And there's nothing filed for 70 White. I'll ask them to re-verify the address. — Erik Torkells on Coworking and Codrinking

Are you sure you have the address right? The General Tool building next door at 80 White is currently empty and under construction. None of tenants in this building are aware of any changes. — Tad on Coworking and Codrinking

Schnipper's should scratch your milkshake itch when it opens. IMHO, they're better than Shake Shack and definitely more generous in their serving size for the money. — Wendy on Seen & Heard: Schnippers Signage

Agreed Fidus. At the risk of bringing out the trolls, a big napkin is essential to the fine dining experience--at home or out. I won't be dining there--unless I bring my own napkin. — Janet on New Kid on the Block: Graffiti Earth

Yes, Erik, please publish Jean Grillo's home address for us. Thanks. — Jim Smithers on Seen & Heard: New Spa Rumored

Alexander Wang place: Anyone still around who took classes with Toby Towson or Terry Kreach? AWs living room was the dance studio.... used to be a wall of mirrors then, too. — neighbor on In the News: Alexander Wang Wants Out

If you don't tell, someone else will. C'mon! I am now intrigued... — elizabeth on Seen & Heard: New Spa Rumored

So happy Western Spirit will still be in the neighborhood. — Janet on Seen & Heard: Preview the New Brooklyn Fare Market

Public records are public for a reason: access by and for the public. Publish the name. Tribeca is now affordable to bold face names anyway so it's just a matter of who. — Jean Grillo on Seen & Heard: New Spa Rumored

I thought that both the city and federal government now required the names behind shell corporations for real estate transactions over $3 million. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/14/us/us-will-track-secret-buyers-of-luxury-real-estate.html — KP on Seen & Heard: New Spa Rumored

From the NY Times' 2015 series on growing obscurity of ownership in New York residential real estate: "Public records, dating back to at least the 1800s in New York, set real estate apart as more transparent than bank accounts or stock portfolios. 'There’s a whole Jeffersonian rhetoric about land ownership,' said Hendrik Hartog, a professor of the history of American law at Princeton. 'There was a goal to make land transparent, and it was justified by civic values and a whole range of moral judgments like not hiding ownership.'" http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/08/nyregion/stream-of-foreign-wealth-flows-to-time-warner-condos.html — James on Seen & Heard: New Spa Rumored

This space is now apparently being used for their concerts at night, complete with bouncer and with large numbers of people both inside and noisily loitering outside on the street up to White Street. — James on A “Jazz Pop-Up” on W. Broadway

Syringa vulgaris — Jim Smithers on Where in Tribeca…?

Say the name, Jim. — Erik Torkells on Where in Tribeca…?

On the port side of the hunk of scrap metal floating in the water. — Jim Smithers on Where in Tribeca…?

And more specifically...? — Erik Torkells on Where in Tribeca…?

Pier 25 — Jim Smithers on Where in Tribeca…?

Nope, but thanks for guessing! — Erik Torkells on Where in Tribeca…?