Red Zephir: it's a shame you couldn't go online and look at the Community Board meeting minutes from last year before making such a boneheaded statement. Of course, if you did that at all, you might have also known about the meetings beforehand and participated in the process like other community members did. — Chris on Part of Franklin Street Is Now Closed to Cars

LOL! There must have been a lot of meetings, but you didn't go. I went and so did a lot of others! You have to participate, dude. — BT on Part of Franklin Street Is Now Closed to Cars

Great food for thought Sanjay- am inspired to go do something different............ once I have got through all laundry!! — Karen Rooney on TCQ&A: Sanjay Lamba

I follow "The Old New York Page" on Facebook. Asher posts amazing photographs. — Andrea on Seen & Heard: Walker Street Crime

There are also some really good old photos on New York public library image search http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm You can search the street in question and New York (they have other cities as well) — Rohin on Seen & Heard: Walker Street Crime

"""One caveat: There were no doubt many Community Board 1 meetings about Citi Bike NYC that I didn’t attend, so it’s possible this was public knowledge."""" dont delude yourself. there were no cb meetings. or if they were, they were held in a closet and the attendants were on the citi payroll. — Red Zephir on Part of Franklin Street Is Now Closed to Cars

There are the tax photos from the 1940s, available from either the NYC Building Dept or NYC Finance on the NYC.gov site.. Google them. Nothing artistic, but of every building - might be of interest. I would also call the NY Historical Society and the Museum of the City of Ny to see what they can suggest. There was also a book on Tribeca a decade or so ago. Maybe you can get prints from the author or mount photos from the book. And you could contact me if geometric abstractions of brightly colored loading docks and buildings are of any interest. I don't do this professionally, but I did a 5 year part time project on lower Manhattan industrial architecture ending in 1982. I have prints of some of the and thousands of slides. Erik can put us in touch. Good luck! — Anna on Seen & Heard: Walker Street Crime

Am I the only one who thinks this spire is bizarre and doesn't relate to the rest of the building's design? (Not great to begin with.) Looks to me like a Disneyland creation that got plunked on top of the building just to add the number of feet they needed. Open to being enlightened if anyone has an explanation. — Judith Miller on The Final Piece of 1 World Trade Center

Hahah thanks Zoona. With pleasure...email me at sanjay@element6arts.com and lets set something up. Best, Sanjay — sanjay lamba on TCQ&A: Sanjay Lamba

Tried the herbazone this morning. YUM! Thanks for the rec. — KP on Seen & Heard: Is Denny’s Backing Off?

@Pinky: Nope.... — Erik Torkells on Where in Tribeca…?

On Lispenard? — Pinky JJ on Where in Tribeca…?

Will this affect Downtown Little School on Dutch Street? — Karen on In the News: Garage Where Worker Drowned Violated Safety Rules

This is a brilliant ....clinically depressed without the river..i couldn't agree more. Would love to come check out your work Sanjay - looks amazing - especially given the space we live in..oh yes, congrats on the adorable bambina — Zoona on TCQ&A: Sanjay Lamba

@J: No, but you're in the right quadrant.... — Erik Torkells on Where in Tribeca…?

I'll venture a guess: Broadway and White? — J Allen on Where in Tribeca…?

Alas, Denny's "withdrawn" application may mean that they will just open without a liquor license. I, and many of my neighbors, would prefer they not open at all. I would actually prefer, and I can't believe I'm saying this, the 7/11 rather than Denny's. They hold that franchise as well. That said, this development is good news regardless. Thanks! — Luis on Seen & Heard: Is Denny’s Backing Off?

thanks for the help.... — chris on Real Estate Sales Report

What are curtains/drapes and blinds for ? I live in Brighton England and we are in very close proximity to all our neighbours as well as people walking along the street so we have frosted the bottom half of our windows. . . Don't want to live in a goldfish bowl do we . . — Munchiedave on The Voyeur Next Door

And 5 Guys! The 5 Guys site will become a plaza that will hold the entrance to the new tower. Dutch Street will become much better lit. There will be retail at the base but it is not yet on the market. This is a huge step forward for Fulton Street. — Luis on In the News: Garage Where Worker Drowned Violated Safety Rules

No wonder Radio Shack closed. Bye bye Five Guys/Subway/UPS Store & Foot mart too? — jfrankp on In the News: Garage Where Worker Drowned Violated Safety Rules

@Erik, any chance you could do a 24/7 blog-o-update on Axl's movement? I am getting winded constantly circling the neighborhood and I reaaaaally have to get back to photographing my neighbors. Get this - I have a new neighbor that just moved in, so no shades or temp shades! I need to get J&R to get a bigger compact flash card!!! — Jim Smithers on In the News: Final Piece of 1WTC’s Spire to Go Up Tomorrow

@David. The restaurant you are referring to in WV is Do Hwa which is fantastic. I frequently eat at Do Hwa as it is way more convenient from me to travel to and back vs. going to Koreatown. You don't get all the side dishes there like you would at places in Ktown but the food is authentic and service is great. — Tribeca Resident on Kori Has Been Seized

Easy enough for the residents above to fight the liquor license when Denny's applies via CB1, no? And fight the 24 hour status? Also: Not sure why Denny's wouldn't want some of the vacant space on Fulton, where all the other chains are, and seem to belong, as Fulton is becoming a stretch for WTC tourists. Plus, when the Pace students are on break in Jan and July-Aug, there's absolutely no foot traffic on and around that block of Nassau. — jfrankp on In the News: Denny’s Is Coming

NYPost says Axl gets out and parties with Leo... — StrollerlessTribecaHottie on In the News: Final Piece of 1WTC’s Spire to Go Up Tomorrow