I feel 100% safe at any hour throughout the Financial District. As do most people. I nerve think twice. A purse snatching doesn't change my opinion one iota. :-) — Luis Vazquez (FiDi Fan Page) on In the News: Anthropologie Close to Signing on Broadway

The big loss is that it was open 24/7 (and I'm up very late). Added to that, security police from the federal building (top level, heavily armed) used to go in there during the night shifts for coffee. Their presence, and the bright light and activity on B'way, made that corner safer. — David G. Imber on Another Deli Is Closing

What? This is horrible. That place is the best deli in the neighborhood. It's the only 24 hour deli within 10 blocks. Unless one of the 37 discount jean shops starts selling breakfast sandwiches at 6am, we're screwed. — Alan on Another Deli Is Closing

Gourmet Garage is hoping to start work next month and open in Late Spring. They are working very diligently with Landmarks to make sure its done right. It sounds like it will be really great. — Josh on Another Deli Is Closing

I haven't asked Gourmet Garage in a while, because I try not to pester them when there's no reason to assume anything has changed -- and in GG's case, my guess is that the date is only getting pushed back (since there doesn't seem to be much going on). I'll check in toward the end of the year. — Erik Torkells on Another Deli Is Closing

This is HORRIBLE news. I've been a patron of New Fancy foods since I was a teenager in the 90's (I used to go there to get beer and snacks before going to a show at The Knitting Factory..this was back in the day when TriBeCa was so quiet at night that you could drink on the streets as an underage teenager and not get arrested). I now live around the corner from the deli and go there at least once a day. Even though it is grossly overpriced (I was once charged $15 for a papaya) the deli was always open so I could get stuff in a pinch. The only time I've ever seen it close was during Hurricane Sandy. To Erik's point, they make a great egg and cheese sandwich which I always get when I leave early morning on a road trip. I really wish this was not happening :( Any news on Gourmet Garage's opening. When this place closes there will literally be no place to buy groceries/pantry staples in Eastern TriBeCa. — HH on Another Deli Is Closing

New Fancy Food will be missed 2 minute film about the place from last month: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFxTkdPR1lg&list=UUb8FPM22JlU-FriBrwyqoxg — Randy on Another Deli Is Closing

The only photo I have of the base lit up is at https://tribecacitizen.wpengine.com/2014/03/13/the-base-of-1-world-trade-center-lights-up-too/ -- so if you have a chance to send a better one, please do! — Erik Torkells on Seen & Heard: Halloween Candy Buyback

Maybe the moveable glass panels have something to do with the fact that the entire base of the building lights up. I have seen them testing it a few times, but last night was the first night that the entire base was lit all night long. It seems like hugely complicated system. Last night it was all lit with normal warm white light, but I have seen it do colors and even simple moving images during testing. The moving glass panes might be helpful in maintaining what is essentially a giant, multistory screen. — Doug on Seen & Heard: Halloween Candy Buyback

Thank you so much for the great interview with Laura Bloch Bourque and also all the positive feedback from this wonderful book. The calendars were fantastic and fun to read while reminiscing good times and the positive influence this club made to the world! The pictures were fabulous! Thank you to Larry, Laura and to everyone involved that worked so hard to keep the club alive and running for so many years. Keep the memories going...... — Sheila Brodne on Remembering the Wetlands, One Night at a Time

The problem with crossing West Street at Fulton is that Brookfield is using the area on their side as a staging area for their renovation, and they are in no hurry. Already a year behind schedule with no end in sight. — Hudson River on More Fencing Is Down at the World Trade Center

I'm pretty sure today's the first day The Clocktower's bells are back. — David G. Imber on Seen & Heard: Clocktower Bells Silenced

Really great to read this. Thanks for posting Erik. I miss those days. — Concerned on Remembering the Wetlands, One Night at a Time

West Lobby is most likely NOT opening on 10/27. There has been discussions between the PA and Durst on whether they can open it or not, but there is still quite a bit of construction left on the B2 level corridors/retail/Observatory lobby which is on B2. Expect it to open in December the earliest, when access from Tower 2 and 4 is open to PATH hall. — Anthony on More Fencing Is Down at the World Trade Center

Conde Nast begins moving in to 1WTC on 10/31. Employees will enter from the North or South side of the building or from the Conde Nast lobby on the C-1 level below the building. — Chris on More Fencing Is Down at the World Trade Center

Per a reputable source, the West Entrance to One WTC will open on Monday, October 27th where the public will have access to the West Concourse below. — Luis Vazquez (FiDi Fan Page) on More Fencing Is Down at the World Trade Center

I purchased this book. It is one of the most thorough published histories of NYC music. It's amazing that Larry Bloch had the foresight to archive this info. The cool thing about the Wetlands was that it was a home for almost any type of music- a somewhat groundbreaking concept at the time. Man, it could get really hot in there.... — . on Remembering the Wetlands, One Night at a Time

Thank you Erik. I thought it appropriate to start media mention in the area that had to put up with us. The book is on its way to being sold at The Rock and Hall of Fame in 2015. :) — Laura Bloch (bouruqe) on Remembering the Wetlands, One Night at a Time

Hey Jim, and with gentrification comes STROLLERS! We all know how you love those, right? — Genevieve on Help Save Tribeca Before It’s Too Late

Hey Erik, Thanks for this! I remember when Tribeca was a vibrant blue collar working area. And when Soho was actually an Italian neighborhood where in summer nights, people would set up card tables outside and grills and spend the night outside. When the Lower East Side was a place, well, I wouldn't go. But I miss those days and it would be wonderful if the buildings in our neighborhood would at least be reminders because obviously there is no turning back the clock. Just think when we all travel, we go to the "real" neighborhoods. On the path we're on, the only "real" neighborhood will be the West Village and maybe LES. Let's at least let our architecture remind us of what NY used to be. — Genevieve on Help Save Tribeca Before It’s Too Late

Thank you for highlighting this Erik. I have sent my letter via the link you attached. BG — Bronwyn on Help Save Tribeca Before It’s Too Late

I completely agree. Trader Joe's has so many packaged foods, which are understandably popular, but not for me. I was excited for Fairway because it's a place where you can get EVERYTHING, fantastic produce, meat and fish as well as a dizzying array of all of the other things. It would be the end of my current routine of Whole Foods for some things, Food emporium for others and Chelsea Market for still others. — Andrea on Fairway Market Is Looking to Pull Out

I have to agree with Mark Bittman on TJs: “I don’t think of it as a place to shop for actual food,” he said. “It’s great for milk, nuts, bulk items, packaged foods, but I’d never go there for fish, meat, vegetables or fruit.” http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/23/business/an-upscale-bounty-and-a-thankful-shopper.html?pagewanted=3 — Bobby on Fairway Market Is Looking to Pull Out

Ah yes...Tribeca pre-1970s. Oh, wait, there was no such place. There was the fabulous Washington Market. Fascinating. Yes. Vital. Yes. Urban. Yes. Beautiful...wellll...beauty is in the eye of the beholder and those old buildings were lovely once you got past the squashed lettuce leaves, tomatoes, rats, and the broken bottles of cheap booze of the haulers who worked until they had enough money for one of those flat bottles of rotgut and then collapsed in a sorry heap. City life is fascinating because it is ever changing. The Market is gone. It was replaced by something wonderful. That is being replaced now. The Tribeca Trust, no doubt, is trying to hold on to what's best in the face of change. Daunting and admirable. But miles ahead of developers' ugly towers. — betty on Help Save Tribeca Before It’s Too Late

I would be very disappointed if Fairway pulls out. Whole Foods is a disaster. — Bobby on Fairway Market Is Looking to Pull Out