Can't wait to stop by with my son. — KerryF. on First Impressions: Bikini Bar

I love this place! — Surfer in TriBeCa on First Impressions: Bikini Bar

151 Hudson Street...proved. — Jim Smithers on Where in Tribeca…?

Really great shots! And I'm curious to see how your Leonard st pic will change in the next year...looks like construction will start soon. — Lissa on Tribeca Then and Now #3

WOW! My building is next door to what had been Hudson Green Cafe. The only thing left of it when I moved here 20 years ago was its imprint on our side wall. Thanks for showing the way things were, Barbra. — JOAN on Tribeca Then and Now #3

One min I love, next I'm thinking a bit ostentatious. — Carrie on Loft Peeping: Four-Level FiDi Funhouse

You have to come in experience the aromas sounds and visions Come come come — Wicki Boyle on First Look Inside the ZONA Pop-Up

Isn't it the Department of Transportation who gives out the permits for overnight work? This seems to be an on-going problem with any kind of construction project. Didn't it used to be that overnight work permits were given out ONLY for emergency situations like water main breaks? DOT now gives out these permits for non-emergency work such as installing telephone or cable lines. I think DOT is the problem, but have no idea how to get them to do something about it. Elected officials maybe? — KP on Nosy Neighbor: Any Update on the Chambers Construction?

Is there an online version of the Zona pop-up (or does that defeat the notion of a "pop-up")? — Henry Turner on First Look Inside the ZONA Pop-Up

@Rick: Well, they're partnering somehow, but it's not exactly clear what the details are. https://tribecacitizen.wpengine.com/2012/12/04/seen-heard-il-mattone-tre-sorelle/ If anyone knows.... — Erik Torkells on Seen & Heard: Il Mattone Is Not Reopening in the Same Spot

Is Bread Tribeca moving to the former il Mattone space? — Rick Cobb on Seen & Heard: Il Mattone Is Not Reopening in the Same Spot

Do you happen to have "I despise the Tribeca Citizen" or "I despise myself & the Tribeca Citizen" t-shirts?? If so, do you offer a discount on bulk orders? Please note - this comment has been registered with the County Clerk's office and is for the sole misuse of the Tribeca Citizen (yes, even as despicable as it is) and is not to be posted on any other website/blog/Penthouse forum. — Jim Smithers on A Gift Only a Local Can Appreciate

As those of us suffering with this project know well, the completion dates for individual segments have continually shifted forward, with periodic inexplicable overnight noise levels that defy belief. Last summer's presentation claimed that work at the intersection of West Bway and Chambers would be finished by early September 2012. Following that failed target, both Community Board One's Quality of Life committee and numerous local sufferers have tried for months to schedule a meeting with the New York City Department of Design and Construction, a representative of DEP and Con Edison. Sadly, there has been no meeting, and there seems little interest in trying to minimize overnight noise to improve the health of sleep-deprived residents. Told that Judlau's tractors have DEP-mandated alarms, we have asked that modifications be considered, since the alarms create a horrible mechanized grinding sound that reverberates through the streets and homes within a two-block radius. While the alarms are meant to provide safety, DEP may be unaware of their very negative impact on human health when operating in dense urban settings, causing sleep deprivation - and it's very detrimental negative health and safety impacts. Accordingly, it would be appropriate to suggest that alternative safety measures be identified and investigated to properly safeguard workers and others in the immediate vicinity of the alarmed vehicles while not severely impacting the health and well-being of city residents. — Hal Bromm on Nosy Neighbor: Any Update on the Chambers Construction?

The food truck can't be doing well in that location, I've yet to see anyone actually buy something from it. You'd think they would want to find a location that piggy backs off the Whole Foods lunch crowd... — Dee Dee on Seen & Heard: 1WTC Spire

There's plenty of room there for a sidewalk cafe. — Hudson River on In the News: Community Board 1 Is Blocking Asphalt Green Again

Spring of 2013? Originally it was due to take 12 months, then 18 and now it will be nearly 3 years. Sigh. Well, at least they no longer turn our water off periodically, but I would so love for it to be gone! (I live on that block) — liat on Nosy Neighbor: Any Update on the Chambers Construction?

"As the neighborhood grows, CB1 just sucks more and more." Let's keep this simple for CB1, when AG finally opens, will they have a 2am or 4am closing? Or will they have to come back to ask in a couple of months when Asphalt Green actually turns out to be a cocktail lounge? Nothing gets by CB1. Tammany Hall rises! — Jim Smithers on In the News: Community Board 1 Is Blocking Asphalt Green Again

Enough positioning. Enough patting yourselves on the back for all of your contributions to the neighborhood. Enough pointing fingers. Enough he said, she said. Enough secrecy. Enough empty promises. I signed a contract with Asphalt Green OVER A YEAR AGO. I agreed to pay a monthly rate in exchange for access to a facility, programming and services accessible to me and my family in my neighborhood. Let me boil this down for you as a taxpayer, neighbor and Asphalt Green member: When. Will. The. Facility. Be. Open? — citypixie on In the News: Community Board 1 Is Blocking Asphalt Green Again

You say our "opinions" do not "encourage productive conversation", but a secretive MOU does? You claim that Manhattan Youth is not third rate. We can find no one to say that the programs that they have enrolled their child in has been impressive. It is glorified babysitting, not top-notch coach that leads to NCAA scholarships and Olympic medals. Your children in soccer and baseball have nothing to fear about losing use of the fields. Bob Townley, at his anti-Asphalt Green rally co-promoted by the Broadsheet, used child props holding signs that read "Save our fields", which were literally propaganda. In fact, all of the sports leagues can now obtain three-year permits and near free rates of usage. You wrote, " I don't want the fields to be handed over to the highest bidder". As a "tax payer", you prefer to get a bad deal and give away the fields for free and have substandard managers? By the way, Asphalt Green is very affordable. Also, BPC real estate owners do not want the value of their property eroded by a low-end product coming from the community center. We agree with what you wrote, " I have a membership at AG, and am torn, because the Downtown Soccer League does not have a girls league (they won’t even entertain the thought) and they don’t have a competitive division. I would like for my kids to have more options in the neighborhood, which is one reason we joined AG." I also agree with what you wrote, " I don’t see why the MOU should hold up the opening of the community center. And for the public to believe it is not holding up the opening, it should just be released and made public. People (myself included) are angry over the delays." Steven E. Greer DowntownManhattan.TV — Steven E. Greer on In the News: Community Board 1 Is Blocking Asphalt Green Again

Thanks a lot for triggering the memories. It was a a really fun time. You are doing such a great job of servicing the neighborhood. I love your site!! — Deborah French on Tribeca Then and Now #1

@F1Mikal: I actually blame YouTube. Why can't it accommodate portrait mode better? — Erik Torkells on Seen & Heard: 1 World Trade Center Spire Arrives

I am happy that someone provide the video, but could we have some general agreement that since most people do not orient their television or monitor in a vertical position, that videos be shot in LANDSCAPE mode please! Sheeesh. And don't even try to blame the iPhone. (just trying to make the world better, little by little) — F1Mikal on Seen & Heard: 1 World Trade Center Spire Arrives

For those people insistent on branding Manhattan Youth as a 3rd rate outfit, your anger might be misplaced. My neighbor, a senior has used MY's senior swim program for years, for free. She would not be able to afford to pay for this sort of service and would not be able to travel out of the neighborhood for this amenity. Many seniors in the neighborhood have benefited from MY. Many people have used their services and facilities when nothing else existed down here. And their pricing model is more accommodating to a broader range of people. We have been thankful for MY for what they have done and how they have priced things.Throwing around labels like "3rd rate" and "monopoly of mediocrity" are opinions, and while you are entitled to those if you have used MY, they don't encourage productive conversation. My children participate in both the soccer and little league that use the fields. I am thankful to have affordable recreational options in our neighborhood, that don't cost an arm and a leg and that enable local kids to enjoy athletic options. As a tax payer and parent in Battery Park City, I don't want the fields to be handed over to the highest bidder. I suspect that is the goal of the MOU--to find a way to preserve affordability. It is a tricky thing to do because it does provide some protections to groups. I have a membership at AG, and am torn, because the Downtown Soccer League does not have a girls league (they won't even entertain the thought) and they don't have a competitive division. I would like for my kids to have more options in the neighborhood, which is one reason we joined AG. I would also not be in favor of giving AG or any single vendor that does not serve the broadest community full reign over the fields. My kids don't use Downtown Day Camp, but I would like for my kids to be able to take a class at AG over the summer and be able to use the field. Only a small percentage of neighborhood kids use Downtown Day Camp and it would not really be fair to keep the fields off limits for the entire summer to preserve that historic agreement. I don't see why the MOU should hold up the opening of the community center. And for the public to believe it is not holding up the opening, it should just be released and made public. People (myself included) are angry over the delays. The "PR" dept. of the BPCA has been anything but forth coming (why are my tax dollars being used to pay someone to lie to us????) and what we have learned over the past year is the BPCA has given out false and misleading information even when they were aware that the reality of the situation was different. — cami on In the News: Community Board 1 Is Blocking Asphalt Green Again

I'm with Andrea on this. — liat on Loft Peeping: Four-Level FiDi Funhouse

This place gives me vertigo, chills and the feeling I'm on a yacht all at the same time. — Andrea on Loft Peeping: Four-Level FiDi Funhouse