My guess is the smell at Varick & Franklin may be coming from the building on Leonard just off Varick which is a spice import/export business. The smell does seem to come and go. — george on Seen & Heard: A Sickly-Sweet Smell

Does the name of this hotel really bother you people that much?? — Ms on The Tribeca Grand Is Changing Its Name

You can wait until CB1 does something but it's probably better to start off by calling the precinct when you see it so they can send some guys over right away. — lowphat on Seen & Heard: Opening Date for the Bennett Bar

Hudson on the south west corner of North Moore. — Robert Ripps on Where in Tribeca…?

Agree. The structure that they hang from is heavy and awkward; not at all like what's shown in the illustration. The lights are cold and too bright. Looks cheap. — Hudson River on Seen & Heard: Zara Is Open

Has anyone else noticed that at night the Staple St. alley has become a haven for drug dealers? At first, it was just a lot of folks smoking pot in the alley every night. Over the past 2 months, this has transitioned into dealers selling drugs on a nightly basis. How do we get the police to start patrolling the alley and running these folks out before it becomes much more dangerous and spills into the broader neighborhood? Can this be addressed by CB1 or someone else to put pressure on the police? — Scott on Seen & Heard: Opening Date for the Bennett Bar

The lights in the Wintergarden have been turned on. I know they don't officially open until 12/2, but from what I can see they're very disappointing. They look plastic and have cheesy colors. The old ones were so elegant: http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/53809155.jpg — KP on Seen & Heard: Zara Is Open

I believe those look like phony parking permits and were not DOT-issued. They have gotten a little smarter by varying the numbers. — James on Seen & Heard: Opening Date for the Bennett Bar

White street isn't that narrow, so why park like this? The abuse of the system by the NYPD is abysmal - running through red lights, making illegal turns, going down one way streets the wrong way, sleeping on the job, talking on a cell phone while driving, smoking in uniform...I'm happy and grateful for all that they do to protect and serve us, but practice what you preach! I sometimes wish I could give cops a ticket when I see them breaking the law.. — HH on Seen & Heard: Opening Date for the Bennett Bar

I learned the joy of doing business with FPH quite a while ago. I had no idea of their size, but enjoy looking through their catalog and website. My most recent purchase was last week. I'm happy that their prices are fair, reasonable , and items are well represented. There is no reason why I'd stop coming back. — Edw. Budman on Spotlight: Fountain Pen Hospital

Yeah, sorry. You're right. I walked by a couple of days ago and there were some people going in and out of the tent and a few of them had a badge that had the pinkish "museum of feelings" logo on it. — lowphat on Seen & Heard: Battery Park City Ice Rink Opens This Week

Noticed the parking situation on White Street for the past month. Didn't check if they had NYPD permits though. BTW, HD is having a party from 7-9pm on Sat 12/12, pretty sure there will be bikes parking (illegally) on the POPS. — TribecaMom on Seen & Heard: Opening Date for the Bennett Bar

Why would tourists would want to swing by the Target to pick up cleaning supplies and toilet paper, or family sized cereal boxes. I am not sure however that the neighborhood can insulate itself from an Olive Garden in the future, and not because BBB, WF, BandN and Target lead the way, but because we have the most visited tourist destination at the WTC memorial and the second most visited one a stone's throw away at the Battery for the Statue of Liberty. Brookfield is attempting to siphon those visitors to Hudson Eats, but I can't imagine a better location (sic) for Ruby Foos. What I have witnessed over the past 16 years of living in the neighborhood is that the community board has limited/no say in new projects/construction and the impact that those will have on the neighborhood. We live in a developers wet dream of unbridled development with no consideration about the local impact those developments (both commercial and residential) will bring. The National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center Foundation didn't want to make difficult choices about a bus depot, so they kicked the can down the road and now the neighborhood gets to inhale the result of buses circling, parking and standing, mostly illegally). Thousands of new residential units have come to the neighborhood, but no one seems to want to discuss the infrastructure needed to sanely support the huge influx --schools, parks, transportation etc. Is anyone even talking about the additional traffic on the streets because of the Target. Nope--don't try to slow that train down,because $. — cami on Target Is Opening a Store in Tribeca

I love your use of "the vim". — Susan on Seen & Heard: Opening Date for the Bennett Bar

ANOTHER Japanese restaurant? We need MORE destination restaurants like the late Harrison. Not sushi joints, or places like Maison Kaiser and Sara Beth's. Not places like Tiny's with tiny, rickety tables and chairs to match. — Janet on Tetsu’s Plans Have Changed

Why not...it gives all the tourists a familiar place to shop just like Olive Garden gives them a familiar place to eat. Why would they want to come to the greatest city in the world and shop/eat someplace new and different? — Makes you go "hmmm..." on Target Is Opening a Store in Tribeca

I *think* IPN keeps construction equipment and appliances in that space, as they're renovating apartments piecemeal — BF on Seen & Heard: Activity at an IPN Storefront

Very funny A. I have nothing against Target but in my hood? Damn and two blocks from WTC...I'm sad. No! No...oh how I lament the loss of Socrates chocolate milk shakes. — TG on Target Is Opening a Store in Tribeca

I can't describe how gutted I am at this news. I've been looking forward to a new teppanyaki restaurant in NY ever since I heard about this restaurant close to 3 years ago. Someone save us from Benihana, the only other teppanyaki restaurant in Manhattan! — Tim on Tetsu’s Plans Have Changed

Not sure why everybody feels the need to reinvent the wheel. they should just open up a higher end version of benhinana and call it a day (and by higher end i mean better quality ingredients - nothing more) most of the restaurants opening these days are not everyday places that you can continuously go back to. — debra on Tetsu’s Plans Have Changed

Ice rink wasn't there this afternoon. Guard I talked to a few days ago said the tent was for a "museum." Did we know that the Posman space was turning into Brookstone? Signage is up. It's turning into Pier 17! The women's Club Monaco opened Friday; men's will be "this week." — Hudson River on Seen & Heard: Battery Park City Ice Rink Opens This Week

Word is that the tent is for this: http://www.psfk.com/2015/11/museum-of-feelings-glade-interactive-art-curated-fragrances.html — Matt on Seen & Heard: Battery Park City Ice Rink Opens This Week

There's a HUGE white tent structure set up by the marina, not sure how anyone can miss it. — lowphat on Seen & Heard: Battery Park City Ice Rink Opens This Week

No, but another good guess! — Erik Torkells on Where in Tribeca…?

60 Hudson? — Andrea on Where in Tribeca…?