Yup. Malls are great... in the suburbs. NYC isn't a suburb. Anyone wanting to live near a mall has plenty of opportunity to do so elsewhere. I love NYC and I love that it's become family-friendly and safe. I just don't want it to turn into Dubai - where diversity of people, economic status and, yes, retail is gone. Do we really need another Gap, Zara and Urban Outfitters? — It's a mall. on First Look: Brookfield Place

It's a mall? So what? :-) It was a mall before and now it is a much better one. The same for the upcoming Westfield WTC and Pier 17. They were malls before and they are being greatly improved and will be welcomed by the community. What's ever better though, is that more street level retail is coming throughout the Financial District as well. The new stand alone mega Gap store opened at 170 Broadway yesterday, Urban Outfitters is at 180 Broadway. Zara's will open soon at 222 Broadway and Anthropologie is expected to open at 195 Broadway. Nordstrom is widely expected to take the retail base at One Wall Street. Other street level retail will come at other spots along Broadway, at the base of 28 Liberty (Chase Plaza), 70 Pine (AIG) and 55 Broadway, as well as the former home of J&R among many other spots. The retail revolution is not geared to just one corner of the neighborhood. It is happening throughout downtown and its great to see. — Luis Vazquez (FiDi Fan Page) on First Look: Brookfield Place

It was a mall before this latest renovation. — KP on First Look: Brookfield Place

Sigh. Thanks for reading the text. — Erik Torkells on First Look: Brookfield Place

Suburbanization of NYC continues. — It's a mall. on First Look: Brookfield Place

The tree in front of 157 Hudson was knocked over at 7:15pm on December 5, 2014. There was very heavy Holland Tunnel traffic on Hudson. A large box truck ran the curb. The truck struck and uprooted the tree. The force of the collision felt like an earthquake. Ladder 5 arrived and spent a couple hours sawing the tree into pieces. The pieces remained on the side of Hudson St. for a few days until sanitation removed them. I do not know if the driver was issued a citation. I do not know when Parks will replace the tree. It was a great tree. RIP — . on Seen & Heard: Where Have the Trees Gone?

Le District? — Robert Ripps on First Look: Brookfield Place

The Adam Fuss photogram at PP isn't for sale. I've asked. — OR on Seen & Heard: Taste of Tribeca Tickets Are on Sale

Why does everyone think Chinese food is overpriced when it's remotely decent (higher quality ingredients, clean frying oil, etc.)? It's comparable to saying high-end sushi at a place like Ichimura is overpriced because you can go to Whole Foods for tuna nigiri. Wait til these people step foot outside our nearby Chinatown (where the local immigrant class is from Fujian) and go broke dining someplace like Spring Moon at Peninsula Hong Kong. The Shao Bing is great. Dumplings are ok. Cucumber salad is meh. It's certainly top of the Tribeca Chinese food options and higher quality versus most Chinatown places. Hudson Eats splurged on the poured terrazzo floors and the slab marble so they had to cheap out on the bathrooms. — OR on First Impressions: Northern Tiger

The southernmost tree in front of the Con Ed substation on West Broadway between Leonard and Franklin has been chopped down. There is a Fresh Direct truck stationed there 24/7. Those trees were all dead on the side facing the substation. One has to wonder about the food i the truck. — Heide Fasnacht on Seen & Heard: Where Have the Trees Gone?

I remember Art on the Beach back in the early 80s in what was to become North BPC. — KP on Seen & Heard: Where Have the Trees Gone?

Cirque and the horse show were not in North BPC, they were in South BPC, around where the Jewish Heritage Museum is now. It was a weird experience to step outside my back door and walk into a circus tent. — Doug on Seen & Heard: Where Have the Trees Gone?

Yes, I remember North Battery Park city that way. Cirque Du Soleil used to set up tents on the muddy fields that are now River House. We saw some equestrian show under tents in what was open fields. 96 is not that long ago. — cami on Seen & Heard: Where Have the Trees Gone?

So you're saying we should trust a broker? :) — Erik Torkells on Shake Shack Is Opening at the Fulton Center

BPC Resident: The space is said to be completely leased. They just have not released names. Westfield actually didn't get the master lease to operate the Fulton Center until shortly before it physically opened. Interest in the space was far higher than expected and prices were raised as a result. They have told us that we "will be very happy" with their tenants. All the naysaying will disappear when everything opens. — Luis Vazquez (FiDi Fan Page) on Shake Shack Is Opening at the Fulton Center

Finally something is going in there - albeit not until 2016. Is it just me or are they struggling to fill that space? its been open since November and there are still no stores - not even the kiosks that they said would line the first floor. Seeing as nearby Brookfield Place and the Westfield World Trade retail spaces are mostly spoken for despite neither being open, it is really something that the Fulton center has been under construction for 10 years, sits on top of a transit crossroads, and yet has been empty for almost half a year. Maybe the MTA is charging too-high rents to make up for the billions they wasted building that place. — BPC resident on Shake Shack Is Opening at the Fulton Center

Got my shirts yesterday. The fit and quality are great. Knowing that new ones come to me on a regular basis and at a great price is fantastic. — Brett on Your Neighbor, the Entrepreneur: Greg Schwartz

That's 460 Washington. Ponte Equities land, Related development, rentals; 10 stories; 107 units. https://tribecacitizen.wpengine.com/2012/06/28/intel-on-the-next-big-building-coming-to-northwest-tribeca/ — Erik Torkells on 11 Buildings Under Wraps

Do you have info about the new building just south of 290 West Street? The one on Watts & Washington, closer to Truffles....thanks! — Paula on 11 Buildings Under Wraps

Has anyone noticed the overly loud music that now plays in Hudson Eats? I'm not 85 years old, but the volume mars the peacefulness of the amazing views. — Anonymous on First Impressions: Northern Tiger

Tried it their opening day - interesting food, good dumplings. But waaaaay overpriced (especially their dumplings), and food is not good enough to merit it. I won't be going to Northern Tiger until they lower their price. — Madison on First Impressions: Northern Tiger

Hudson Eats is so cheaply done, they can't even afford the real Dysons. — mruptight on First Impressions: Northern Tiger

Haha! Best last sentence of any restaurant review I've ever read. I took the baby for a stroll down to Hudson Eats last week for the heck of it. Hadn't been there in a while. I definitely took notice of the mini-crowd around this place compared to unimpressive queues at the other places. Now I see why. Not because the food is so amazing, but because cray-cray NYC people love nothing more than a hip new spot - even if it's in a food hall. Thanks! — Kristopher on First Impressions: Northern Tiger

They issued a "Correction" rather than a full blown contraction, which is what I suggested and what they should have done. The reality is that 80% of Condos in Northern BPC are actually owner occupied rather than the 5% the Broadsheet article and Tom Goodkind's phony "Analysis" presented. — Luis Vazquez (FiDi Fan Page) on In the News: School Overcrowding Task Force

And all of their dishes are overpriced... especially the dumplings. — Courtney on First Impressions: Northern Tiger