Artemis, Delphi, Ellen's, How's Bayou, Tenbrooks, Rachel's, Acute Cafe', Socrates, — J on Memories of Old Tribeca Restaurants

Please show up to voice your opposition at the Landmarks Commission Meeting Thursday, September 10 at 6:00 p.m. — Elise on Seen & Heard: Historic Signage at Risk

Oh, how I miss the original Duane Park! Even though we only went once or twice a year they always made us feel like old friends and regulars and when friends from other parts of the city wanted to know where to meet out of towners it never disappointed. — N on Memories of Old Tribeca Restaurants

Visited on Labor Day, Monday Sept. 7, 2015 for the 3rd time. The 1st 2 visits were great. Love the atmosphere. Had the same waiter the 1st 2 times. Andrew from Ireland. He was the perfect waiter. Yesterday, well a different story. The whole waitstaff seemed to be off. Their knowledge gets a D- in my book. We ordered drinks and it took about 15 minutes. Ordered 1 dozen oysters and they brought 6 and then brought the other 6 at dessert time. Ordered meals and 1 was missing and the waitress tells us that the Chef was too busy and forgot. WHAT? Terrible service. As I said, I love the atmosphere so if I ever go back there, I will only go for drinks. Very poorly managed and terrible waitstaff. It wasn't only our table receiving the ill service, other tables were as well. Save your money and just go for drinks to the bar. — MARYELLEN MCCLOSKEY on Pier A Is Now Open—and It’s Gorgeous

alas, the brickwork may be doomed. the interior has an amazing illustrated ceiling that you can see lit up at night from the reade st side. how is that going to work with a condo? — josh on Seen & Heard: Historic Signage at Risk

What disturbed me the most about this restaurant closing is that I had a reservation for 9 people the evening they decided to close. I had received a phone call from them 2 days earlier confirming my reservation. How about a little courtesy to let me know that my 8 guests and myself would be standing in the middle of Tribeca without very many options. Not too many restaurants could accommodate 9 people on a Thursday night at 730p in the middle of the summer. — Terry on Dylan Prime Has Closed

The shelves are stocked at Gourmet Garage as of today (9/8) with non-perishables. I figure any day now... — Rishi on Seen & Heard: Gourmet Garage Is Getting Closer

Shake Shack is (and always was) scheduled to open in late 2016. — Luis Vazquez (FiDi Fan Page) on Seen & Heard: Shake Shack Signage

The Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank, established in 1850, was an important aid to Irish immigrants settling in New York during the second half of the 19th century. Like the Statue of Liberty and the Irish Hunger Memorial, the historical signage of Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank, has significance as a memorial to the enormous immigrant populations of the 19th and 20th century in lower Manhattan. — Elise on Seen & Heard: Historic Signage at Risk

The full Shake Shack sign had been there for months (years?). Maybe Shake Shack got tired of waiting and backed out? Curious that it's taking so long to get retail in there. — Hudson River on Seen & Heard: Shake Shack Signage

Looie restrooms made Kaffe so much more pleasant....in both locations. We bring our daughter there with us now- swanky baby changing table too. Where are all the other loctions? Anyone know? Why are there so many secrets Tribeca!? — Chrisj on Seen & Heard: Shake Shack Signage

I think it's a great looking building — lowphat on New Building Report Card: The Reade Chambers

If you have photos from that era, I would love to run them! — Erik Torkells on Lower Manhattan in 1980: A Photo Essay

For someone like myself who lived in t he Chambers Street West Broadway aea from 1974 until 1986 these photos lack intimacy, — michael roloff on Lower Manhattan in 1980: A Photo Essay

PerryR - I assume you're being deeply, painfully ironic? I walk my dog that way just so I can look at that building and that sign. If the developer wants to destroy the sign, I shudder to think what they'll do to the rest of the building. So much beauty, quality, history being destroyed for so much banal cheese. — anne on Seen & Heard: Historic Signage at Risk

Change is good. The signage means nothing. — PerryR on Seen & Heard: Historic Signage at Risk

I too will not be patronizing this business for two reasons. 1) Their anti-Gay bigotry is well established and I refuse to give them any of my money. 2) I have a rule against eating in fast food restaurants at home. Only when I'm traveling and it's usually Popeye's! :-) — Luis Vazquez (FiDi Fan Page) on Chik-fil-A Is Planning a Huge FiDi Restaurant

I oppose the increase in homeless and crazies walking the streets of Tribeca. Not because it's Tribeca, I'd complain if I lived in the worst place in America. Does Precinct 1 even patrol this neighborhood? Throw the switch on the bat signal for Ray Kelly!! Irish NEED apply!!! NOW! — Buzz on Seen & Heard: Neighbors Oppose White Street’s Sidewalk Seating

11 North Moore looks great. — Norton M. on Seen & Heard: The Very Top of 56 Leonard

exactly. hrp has become a giant greedy octopus with it's tentacles up and down the hudson. they keep building these extravagant projects that nobody requested and then bend or break the rules to raise the money to pay for it. the killer with pier 26 is that it was built after sandy and they built it to the same height as pier 25. it will not survive the next super storm without extensive damage. — josh on Nosy Neighbor: What’s Happening on Pier 26?

You may be right, but the DCA inspection checklist disagrees. It does not seem to exempt "small unenclosed cafes"--the type with one line of tables up against the building--from the obstruction rules, only from the barrier requirement . (The green "Siamese connection" projecting from the west end of the White Street facade must also have 3 feet clearance to the cafe, per below.) http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dca/downloads/pdf/businesses/SidewalkCafe.pdf The sidewalk café must be certain distances from other objects that are not “large objects.” See list below: • 10 feet from fire hydrants • 9 feet from traffic lights • 8 feet from telephone booths/kiosks, mailboxes, lampposts, street trees (with fencing and guards), bicycle racks (including all bicycles) • 5 feet from benches (only for enclosed cafés), subway entrance or bus stop (at closed end), all other street furniture (15 square feet or less) • 3 feet from a cellar door (unless closed, locked, and reinforced), transformer vaults, subway grates, Siamese connections • 9 feet from the corner if the sidewalk café is located on the corner Tip: Measure from the outer edge of the sidewalk café to either the curb line or the nearest obstruction. 6 RCNY §2-52(d), §2-46(c) — James on Seen & Heard: Neighbors Oppose White Street’s Sidewalk Seating

I was hoping for a gym where I could bring my dog... that would make me go more often! — Liat on A New Gym on Canal Street

The tables don't have to be eight feet from the obstructions (lamp post, bike rack). The obstruction just can't be in the way. — Erik Torkells on Seen & Heard: Neighbors Oppose White Street’s Sidewalk Seating

That is true. They could probably get 2 or 3 narrow 2-tops legally at most. The sidewalk is 13 feet wide. Subtracting 8 feet for a clear path and 3 feet for a service aisle leaves only 2 feet width. They probably cannot put tables along the entire (non-doorway) front of the restaurant. The challenge there is the obstructions, i.e., the lamppost at the east end of the frontage and the bicycle rack perpendicular to the property line (and the fire escape drop ladder) at the west end of the frontage. Maintaining 8 feet clear past these obstructions will narrow the frontage available for the sidewalk cafe. (Proposing to remove the bicycle rack for the good of the sidewalk cafe won't win them any friends.) — James on Seen & Heard: Neighbors Oppose White Street’s Sidewalk Seating

P.S. Da Claudio is on Ann Street at Theater Alley, so Tribeca-ish it is. If you haven't eaten there DO; the employees wash their hands. — neighbor on Where in Tribeca…?