I work at 225 Liberty. There’s a roof deck?!?! — Aroon Balani on There are bees on the roof deck at Brookfield

Fan of The Shed here. No need to pit two billionaires' pet projects against one another. — LG on The Perelman PAC has topped out and interior construction has begun

What Tribeca really needs is a Pickle Ball court. — TribecaPickleBall on Nosy Neighbor: Why is the Bogardus clock often wrong?

This thing is going to be so much better than the underutilized mediocrity of the Shed at Hudson Yards. I am confident that the board members on this center will be successful in bringing in serious, established NYC and national talent to perform in this space, and the visual design once this building is cladded will be stunning. Someday in the future this may be an iconic theater to stand alongside NY’s preeminent arts venues. — GA on The Perelman PAC has topped out and interior construction has begun

Curious. I’m staying at my daughter’s on Jay street. A couple of days ago, on Tuesday, before 4:30 pm, a non garbage day, someone put out three white garbage bags in front of three different buildings. Rats started on them in the early evening. Is someone deliberately trying to create a problem? — Jesse on Seen & Heard: Rats!

Reade Street also has a chronic rat problem as they occupy any vacant building and the decrepit iron work above vaults and at building entrances. Despite the best efforts of restaurants, the rats have plentiful food supplies and places to hunker down. Frequent calls to 311 and messages to CB1 and the DoH have not resulted in any action and the problems continues to escalate. — Robert on Seen & Heard: Rats!

rats are everywhere in tribeca. Duane st bw west broadway and broadway they run around literally furing day and same with those huge waterbugs. Its out of control like it was 20 years ago. I am afraid to walk my dogs on a damn sidewalk and where flip flops. Need some reporters to do a story so maybe this city will do something. — Adam Glassman on Seen & Heard: Rats!

The eventual street name has to be the ice cube, or maybe just the cube? — Barclay on The Perelman PAC has topped out and interior construction has begun

I am employed at Citi 388 G and it is 2 days, which is indicated in memo due to Delta Virus. — NinaSimone on In the News: Citigroup will require vaccines

FT reported that they’re gut renovating to sell apartments to wealthy individuals and investors, which sounded like a condo conversion to me. But now CO has an article up stating that Related is planning a 291 unit apartment building and that Related had been working with an architect to reposition the building as a luxury multifamily building, so that sounds like it’s staying rental. Certainly would make more sense given the ground lease. — person on Nosy Neighbor: Why is the Bogardus clock often wrong?

Truffles is built on land ground-leased from a private owner. Hotel or co-op or rental are the three choices generally in this scenario, all things being equal. Not condo. — James on Nosy Neighbor: Why is the Bogardus clock often wrong?

I can vouch for the rat problem. I parked my car @ Jay and Stable (over a storm drain). The next morning I had no a/c. Rats had chewed thru the a/c wiring. — Peter Colman on Seen & Heard: Rats!

Thanks James! as always your knowledge is 🌟💯 — AndyFidi on In the News: Another arrest at Taylor’s house

I would never have thought this location for beekeeping. — j. on There are bees on the roof deck at Brookfield

I have often wondered this myself. — j. on Nosy Neighbor: Why is the Bogardus clock often wrong?

Unrelated, but FT reports that Related just closed on a $258M financing to gut renovate Truffles Tribeca. Sounds like condo conversion. https://www.ft.com/content/66a43214-d253-47ef-ae8f-75d4e5390002 — Person on Nosy Neighbor: Why is the Bogardus clock often wrong?

Yes, the real estate taxes are painful. What about the proposed property tax reform? How could that affect the taxes on condos and coops in Tribeca, for example? Will they potentially raise our taxes even higher? We fear being priced out and losing our home if taxes increase significantly. https://www1.nyc.gov/site/propertytaxreform/index.page https://www.habitatmag.com/Publication-Content/Legal-Financial/2021/2021-August/Pricey-Co-ops-and-Condos-Could-Be-Big-Losers-in-Property-Tax-Reform — Marcus on A Uno will move after 20 years on Duane

Tribeca has some of the highest real estate taxes in the city, because of the way they are determined through the use of “comps.“ Because there are no rent controlled or rent stabilized buildings to use, we are compared with other luxury buildings, so our rate is higher than that on Park Avenue. Long-standing issues with how private homes in the boroughs are assessed further complicates things - and raises our rates. The politics of that issue means that it will never change. — A. on A Uno will move after 20 years on Duane

And before wd~50, Wylie did 71 Clinton Fresh Food, one of my all-time favorite restaurants. Edamame-crusted sea bass, yum. — Edwin on Wylie Dufresne will take over 10 Corso Como space

Sad to hear. These rents are unsustainable. — j. on A Uno will move after 20 years on Duane

See also my comment here: https://tribecacitizen.com/2018/10/02/seen-heard-taylor-swift-is-building-a-mantrap/#comment-128734 "The linked DOB AI-1 notes that this alteration plan needed approval from the DOB Manhattan Borough Commissioner, who granted it 'for security concerns.' " — James on In the News: Another arrest at Taylor’s house

The access is not "suspected." It is fact. "And, indeed, the Department of Buildings also says there will be 'interior access to the adjacent 155 Franklin,' where Swift owns the penthouse and a second-floor apartment." Tribeca Citizen | Seen & Heard: Taylor Swift Is Building a Mantrap https://tribecacitizen.com/2018/10/02/seen-heard-taylor-swift-is-building-a-mantrap/ — James on In the News: Another arrest at Taylor’s house

Ann is wonderful, and we'll miss her. We'll also miss her Niki, one of our neighborhood's noblest and most beautiful shop dogs. — David G. Imber on A Uno will move after 20 years on Duane

I cannot vouch for the accuracy of this, but I saw a report on Instagram that they were filming a commercial which explains the turn around maneuver of this particular cruise ship. — JS Miller on Seen & Heard: Cruising the Hudson

Very sad news indeed, another Tribeca loss. Wishing her all the best. — JS Miller on A Uno will move after 20 years on Duane