When you contact Barad again, will you ask if all the promises made for Cafeteria regarding noise and late night sidewalk traffic/use will hold for Serafina too? In other words, remind him the neighbors are still here and still care? Thanks — Nicole Vianna on Nosy Neighbor: What’s Coming to the Cosmopolitan Hotel’s Storefronts?

I too am saddened to see Trinity move away and to me it is part of a disturbing trend. The whole length of Greenwich Street south of the WTC to the Battery Garage has been developing an ominous feel. The Trinity Boxing space will become another in a growing list of closed stores and restaurants that sit empty on the street. Even the small post office closed. Businesses are moving out and a couple of buildings torn down, to be replaced I’m sure by more luxury residences. Scaffolding that has been up for ages add to the joyless feel. Even the Syms store has been sitting empty for a couple of years now. And yet through it all a massage parlor recently opened over Wogies offering happy endings to the growing riff raff population that passes through the area each day now. I find the overall situation sad. — PeterD on In the News: Boxing Gym Closing

Fantastic was there last night — Patricia on Seen & Heard: “American-Made” Emporium Opening in the Seaport

+1 — Yuan Ma on In the News: Boxing Gym Closing

The old Mary Ann's space is supposedly structurally unsound due to the leaning building next door. I doubt anything will be happening there for quite a while. — JD on Nosy Neighbor: What’s Coming to the Cosmopolitan Hotel’s Storefronts?

Even though I'm not a fan of boxing in general, I will miss them. They opened there at a time when that area was really depressing, and it was so good to have something lively on that corner. I have told this story here before but here it is again: an elderly woman with a cane fell in the intersection there one day (made a really loud noise) and those guys were out of there in a flash, helping her and bringing a chair so they could carry her into the gym. Good people to have in the nabe. — Hudson River on In the News: Boxing Gym Closing

Condo with over 35 units on a North/South Avenue. Building next door has fios. — KP on In the News: Cheap New Broadway Hotel

Sounds like Tribeca is returning to its gritty, desolate, ratty and dicey beginnings. Now, all of those "pioneers" can shut the cluck up about what it was like back in the day. REJOICE, those days are returning! Praise the Pope, it's an early-Christmas miracle!! — Jim Smithers on Is the Food Emporium Closing?

I knew Trinity Boxing wouldn't last in the current environment downtown. That is a travesty. — ChristyC on In the News: Boxing Gym Closing

Before it was a lyft ad, it was an aziz ansari ad and a bulleit bourbon ad before that. Maybe theyre hoping the tunnel traffic will see it? — sean on Seen & Heard: Tribeca’s First Walgreen’s

Finally realized what this reminds me of: Tito's Spomeniks http://visualmelt.com/Spomenik-Monument — Andrea on The Most Exciting New Building Around

Two months in, Maison Kaysar seems like a doomed restaurant. Or perhaps just needs more attention to detail. Yesterday several light fixtures were either without a globe or had burned out bulbs, the takeout food looked sloppily prepared, and the staff seemed untrained (were unable to provide details about menu items, did not refill water glasses). On top of that, the food was subpar: my Americano was too bitter to drink, and the club sandwich was soggy and mostly bread with a sliver of chicken, a single piece of iceberg lettuce, and minimal tomato. I had high hopes based on good experiences at the Columbus Circle Maison Kaysar (even the furniture there seems to be of higher quality), but the Tribeca location was a big disappointment. It makes Le Pain Quotidien look like Bouley! — Anonymous on First Impressions: Maison Kayser

what origianlly started Tribeca ( no one wanted to live there at the time). Indepence Plaza North, Food Emporium and PS 234. this is how the neighborhood started. Diverse Middle Income people who fought to build this area from nothing. Yes I am upset about the Food Emporium closing. The people who work there will lose their jobs. People who live in the area are stuck with the expensive Whole Foods. Not everyone is rich. But slowly all the stores on Greenwich are vacant. All the people who move in and out like a hotel because the rents are $5,000+ leave. Our neighborhood is losing its character. Where are the seniors going to shop? Yes, there are Seniors who live in IPN. Once the Food Emporium closes we better hope a new grocery store opens. At night without the store the block will be dead and dark and with this new mayor the crime is up. All the originals that started this area are gone. I think its terrible. — AM New York on Is the Food Emporium Closing?

I'm pretty sure that even if Con Ed has a variance for after hours work they are required to use noise barriers/housing for the jackhammer at 8pm. And there's no variance that allows you to drop your metal plates from your bulldozer in the middle of the night so that you cause the surrounding buildings to shake. Filed a 311 complaint. Noise code states that once a work site receives noise complaints they have to employ more noise mitigation barriers. — Con Ed driving me nuts on Seen & Heard: Pet Adoption Center Rumored for W. Broadway

Verizon apparently used Sandy to further its FiOS goal: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bruce-kushnick/verizon-is-killing-the-co_b_7562660.html "[Verizon CEO] Lowell McAdam, speaking at the Citi Global Internet Media and Telecommunications Conference in January 2013, said that Verizon's new 'mantra' is 'You will not fix copper': ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When we had the impact of Sandy, our mantra was "You will not fix copper." So if copper got into any kind of a damaged situation and FiOS was in the vicinity, or we could run FiOS down an adjacent street and get into there, we would cut the copper out of service. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "And why do it? Well, upselling -- that is, having the customers buy more products from the companies' own affiliates:" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Now what is the reason we want to do that? Well, when a customer goes even to FiOS digital voice, they very quickly see the difference on copper, and we have seen the ability to sell up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- — James on In the News: Cheap New Broadway Hotel

We got FIOS only after Sandy essentially destroyed the copper that served POTS to our building and Verizon had little choice and also got Federal money for the repair. Otherwise I doubt we'd have it — N on In the News: Cheap New Broadway Hotel

Hello, I would love a more thorough update, or any update, on the BMCC pool. It appears to still have a lot of.work to go. Yet it does not yet appear like they'll eliminate it, my great fear! I'm a faculty member at the college. It's hard to remember but I think it closed in spring 2013? Maybe 2012? It's taken soooooo long. Thank you! — kate Johnson on Seen & Heard: Affordable Housing Guide

I too love El Luchador. They have great tortilla chips! Great addition to FiDi and a creative use of a landmark historic building, which I believe used to be a stable. — Luis Vazquez (FiDi Fan Page) on Seen & Heard: “American-Made” Emporium Opening in the Seaport

Co-op, condo, rental building? Large or small building? Side street or north-south avenue? — Makes you go "hmmm..." on In the News: Cheap New Broadway Hotel

Crain's article states: "The Amirian Group and Bridgeton Holdings are converting a landmarked former office building in TriBeCa into a 171-key hotel." Proposed C of O from March 2015 showed 126 hotel rooms (14 rooms per floor x 9 floors) — James on In the News: Cheap New Broadway Hotel

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/27/nyregion/new-york-city-and-verizon-battle-over-fios-service.html "The city’s Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications released a scathing audit report in June concluding that Verizon 'systematically refused to accept orders for residential service.' By the company’s admission, nearly one-fourth of the blocks in the city have no buildings wired for FiOS, the report said." Audit at: http://www.nyc.gov/html/doitt/downloads/pdf/verizon-audit.pdf — James on In the News: Cheap New Broadway Hotel

Well mine isn't. And we've asked for it but can't get a response. — KP on In the News: Cheap New Broadway Hotel

Huh? My building is wired for FiOS as are many others around us. — Makes you go "hmmm..." on In the News: Cheap New Broadway Hotel

El Luchador is FANTASTIC! I think I need to go there right now! — Christy on Seen & Heard: “American-Made” Emporium Opening in the Seaport

Fiber optic cable? Do they know something we cannot find out no matter how hard we try? There are other companies delivering fiber, but ultimately Verizon is in the chain somewhere, and it's the most likely provider overall. As many know, Verizon has been promising FiOS in this neighborhood for nearly five years. Lately the public anger about the company's reneging on the commitment it made when the city allowed it to sell TV services here has been growing more vociferous. I've also seen much more work being done by them in the street. Has anyone heard anything about progress in this area? — David G. Imber on In the News: Cheap New Broadway Hotel