Thanks for helping people recognize the value and importance of small business in their neighborhood. In conjunction with Small Business Saturday, Torly Kid will offer $20 off any $100 or more purchase from 11/25-11/28. — Carol Adams on Seen & Heard: Small Business Saturday

Thanks for the lovely comments everyone. And Luc Sante! Amazing. I am a HUGE fan of Lowlife. Unbelievable. And my wife is in Hermanautic Circle. Not sure if I'm supposed to be getting so personal on the comments page but I guess the fame is going to my head! Thanks Eric, for posting my piece. I hope to write more. Long live Tribeca! — Gardiner Comfort on Did That Really Happen?

AMAZING New Retail Space for Artsee Eyewear in NYC, Congratulations Julio. — J.Patrick on New Kid on the Block: Artsee

Just walked by today. It does have an other-worldly kinda vibe. — Rowena on Seen & Heard: Fulton Street Transit Center

Yeah, then the children come along with their parents' desire for safe & clean buildings, stairwells, sidewalks, intersections, neighborhoods & schools and it just ruins the fabric of those once tight-knitted, fun communities. They ruin everything. Wish we could turn back the clock. — Jim Smithers on Did That Really Happen?

Lovely piece. Wanted it to just keep going. I never lived in Tribeca, but I have fond memories of everybody taking their beers out to sit on the stoop at Mickey's and gaze out across the Hudson--there was nothing between the west side of Greenwich Street and the river. And the Movies on the Beach, the beach being the landfill that would be the future site of Suyvesant High. And people's collections of stuff they found on the street--one friend had accumulated hundreds and hundreds of shoe lasts, for example. — Luc Sante on Did That Really Happen?

What a lovely remembrance. I still live on Franklin Street, the sole tenant of an abandoned building that was once a cheese factory then Alexander Calder's studio. I've been here since 1984. What I miss the most is stoop sitting. On any given lonely night, I could get a bottle and a couple glasses, sit on my stoop, and friends would stop by and sit for a drink. Now I could sit on a Tribeca stoop all night and no one would stop to share a shot. That, and this year my landlord demolished our stoop. Wonderful to read your piece, I enjoyed and related to every inch of it. — annie nocenti on Did That Really Happen?

Thank you for this wonderful piece. I can remember the days of the old Washington Market before the move to Hunts Point which made room for the artists. The trucks were unloaded by casual workers often from the Bowery and known as rummies because they worked long enough to afford one of those flat bottled cheap boozes. They would fall asleep right on the loading docks under the protection of the overhangs. Those were tough times and this was a tough neighborhood. — betty on Did That Really Happen?

Thank you for this. — cami on The Clampdown

Why don't we take the art and science classrooms at 234 and Spruce Street and use them as classrooms.There may be some additional spaces in those schools that could be used also for additional neighborhood kids. This would create a short term solution of keeping kids in the neighborhood until we can get our elected officials to realize that courting development without creating schools, etc. is problematic. This is not ideal, but might address the safety concerns and also enable TriBeCa is not be "broken up" until there are new schools in place. — cami on Seen & Heard: Small Business Saturday

That sectional sofa is awesome! — Rowena on Loft Peeping: Amanda Pratt & Anthony Crane

So only the people living within "TriBeCa" are a "committed community?" Once you become part of "Chinatown" you are no longer committed to your community or your children? So TriBeCa children are not able or not allowed to become friends or go to school with any children living North of Canal or East of Broadway? — Buzz on Seen & Heard: Small Business Saturday

Oh, my. Yes, Kerry F., they are - sure they are....mmm-hmmm. You betcha. — Miriam on In the News: Closet Sale

Actually, they are! — Kerry F. on In the News: Closet Sale

Okay Kerry F., if you are going to correct others, please note that “further” and “farther” are not interchangeable. — Miriam on In the News: Closet Sale

Well done! Readers know you've had your issues with OWS (as has your sweet puppy), but this country's gotten very little done without vocal public protest, and more importantly, the free flow of information. Your recognition that this may be one of those pivotal moments is admirable, and I thank you. — David G. Imber on The Clampdown

Thanks, Kerry F. You're always looking out for me & the fabric of our tight-knitted community. I guess I can't hide the fact I went to PS 1 any longer. Sweet jeezus - Is anyone else having problems with the TNT HD channel? — Jim Smithers on In the News: Closet Sale

Okay Jim, if you are going to correct others, please note that "then" and "than" are not interchangeable. — Kerry F. on In the News: Closet Sale

Hee hee hee...I love my free time. It's safer to stay on my couch then to venture out on those dangerous Tribeca streets. You could twist an ankle or blow-out a knee on those cobblestones. Catching up on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Now these women have real problems!! Love 'em! — Jim Smithers on In the News: Closet Sale

Great comeback on the spelling mistake, Jim. Fact of the matter is you are dismissing perfectly valid concerns in the community about the safety of the commute to and educational quality of PS1. Didn't see you this active when north Tribeca parents has safety concerns about crossing Canal street, how odd. — Freetime on In the News: Closet Sale

Amazing summary . . . thanks for doing this. — Matt on The Clampdown

It's EriK with a K. Ka-ka-ka-ka-K. For the love of Jujyfruits. It' so simple a child, an OWS or Park 51 protester could remember it. Too much free time? Foaming at the mouth? OOoooo, that's sooo hot...but really, you shouldn't talk about parents like that....the rezoning of schools is a serious, serious issue that requires parent mobilization, flyer generation & posting. If parents don't act like children than how will their children ever learn how to do it? — Jim Smithers on In the News: Closet Sale

Thanks Eric - Looks like the flyer has absolutely none of the "ours" and "theirs" were were warned of, as much as certain frequent posters here, with their rapier wit, and hours of free time, foam at the prospect of such excitement. — Slim Jimmers on In the News: Closet Sale

Thank you for posting this, Eric. I had hoped that this would not have been so overtly full of "ours" and "theirs," but it is. Yuck. — get_to_school on In the News: Closet Sale

There's a chance that you can still change the commute to PS1 from Mission: Impossible to Mission: POSSIBLE!! Stay strong. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/14/education/a-homeless-student-transferred-far-from-her-school.html — Jim Smithers on Newsletter: Nov. 10