Good ideas and good luck trying to get some institution aware of the building and its possibilities -- — John Willenbecher on Tribeca-branded graffiti on West Broadway

Maybe it's worth pointing out the existence and availability of this building to the powers that be at some museums. I may write a few e-mails about that. Would be great to have a cultural institution "anchor" at that corner. — Marcus on Tribeca-branded graffiti on West Broadway

Good idea, Marcus. I always thought New York could use a Museum of Architecture (well there is the Skyscraper Museum which is fine but limited) and when the Whitney moved south I thought the Breuer building would be a perfect spot for it. Now you make me think the bank building at Broadway and Canal would do excellently. — George Bacon on Tribeca-branded graffiti on West Broadway

Before Koh that store was Kai’s Kids (if I’m not mistaken). She had a beautiful selection of kids’ clothing, including sweaters that she designed and knit herself. — Phyllis Ruffer on Koh’s Kids on Greenwich has closed

Starbucks is closing 4 FiDi Locations, BUT, This may not be such a bad announcement. Here’s why: The locations are as follows: 99 Wall 15 Carlisle 100 William 125 Chambers Both 15 Carlisle and 100 William are tiny locations with little to no seating. Starbucks no longer wants these small outlets in its portfolio. 100 William is also slated for a massive residential conversion so that may also have entered in the equation. The other two are more of a surprise as the one on Chambers seemed to be popular and the one at 99 Wall is right across the street from two HUGE new office conversions that will deliver around 1,700 new apartments or close to 4,000 new customers. That means that all four of these locations will be ripe for takeover by other coffee shops which will then offer more of a choice to local residents. P.S. Right across the street from 15 Carlisle is another brand new building (8 Carlisle) with 468 new homes opening in 2027 — Luis Vazquez/FiDi Fan Page on Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow

Gosh, I hope Starbucks isn’t upset that workers are actively unionizing and have successfully unionized multiple locations across New York City. — Justin on Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow

Hopefully this will have some benefit for other businesses but I do have to say it was always packed. Very strange… — John Gallagher on Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow

I, for one, and so tired of graffiti. The art deco post office on Canal gets carefully scrubbed clean, only to be vandalized again and again. The beautiful old bank building on Canal and Broadway gets cleaned, or painted, and gets spray painted again with scribbles. (Of course, no tenant seems to want that beautiful building, probably because of the Canal Street general chaos, including the proliferation of obnoxious street sellers who treat the area as their dumping ground and toilet). Stores in our area have had worse than graffiti: scrawls scratched into window panes, or acid etched into glass. Those typically cannot be cleaned off and require expensive glass replacement. As an aside, I wonder whether any museum or arts organization has considered taking over that bank building and making it a real destination. Maybe the asking rent is too (d*mn) high. I was even glad to have a Duane Reade there when it was that, but it didn't survive. — Marcus on Tribeca-branded graffiti on West Broadway

Ben If the area was pedestrianized, what would happen with emergency vehicles, Access a Ride, school buses, trash pick-up? The hospital? The fire station on Beekman? Special ed school on John? Post office on John? ACS on William? Social Security on William? Federal Reserve on Maiden Lane? Amazon, delivery for restaurants & stores, service & repair vehicles, movers and so on? Right now, delivery workers are already hauling heavy stuff for blocks because there is no place to park and unload. IMO not a good look that people in expensive housing get to stay home and order stuff - and the workers need to struggle to deliver their stuff. If residents would stop ordering Amazon, there'd be a reduction in vehicles :) For what it is worth I don't drive and don't use Uber, but IMO the increase in traffic is clearly the result of overdevelopment of residential and hotels on old narrow streets. — Lisa on City moving forward with development of 100 Gold

I'm sorry to hear this news. My condolences to the family. I was a regular until 2007 when we moved abroad. Every visit to NY included a visit to Walkers where we asked, is Jerry around? We held wakes there, celebrated good times, 3 generations of us. I was there the nights his first two daughters were born. My kids were also fond of him. RIP. A good man, gone but not forgotten. — Kevin Clarke on Jerry Walker, co-owner of Walker’s and The Ear Inn, has died

It's 3:45 and the line for pillows wraps from the park around on Reade and the end is only about 10 feet from Greenwich St. Since most people are in 2s and 3s on line, there have to be several hundred (if not more) people on line now. Also, it doesn't look like it's moving much if at all, not surprising if everyone has to get into a phone booth and perform to get their pillow. — N on Seen & Heard: 24-hour golf simulators in Hudson Square

This is a real shame. They had wonderful clothes and bought my daughter’s favorite clothes there when she was a child. And of course all her birthday cakes were from Madeline on Duane Street. The small stores are almost all gone. — John Gallagher on Koh’s Kids on Greenwich has closed

Throwing the word NIMBY into the mix suggest you did engage the reasonable concerns expressed here. Worse than NIMBYism is the after the fact OOPS we have all experienced when living with blinkered city planning. — Heide Fasnacht on City moving forward with development of 100 Gold

Exactly. You stated this better than I did. — Heide Fasnacht on City moving forward with development of 100 Gold

It's nice seeing you Harvey-I was one of the Clinical Trial Managers what worked with you at Forest Labs. So happy that you are looking well. Beautiful home! — Znb on Townhouse Peeping: 25 Harrison Street

Great to hear! You go, Madeline! Your Patisserie fans are breathing a collective sigh of relief, and celebrating your indomitable spirit! ♥️♥️♥️ — Lisa C on Duane Park Patisserie is now delivering from Brooklyn

Bravo!! — Queens Girl on Catching up with Adger Cowans on his 90th birthday

Beautiful story and interview. Thank you so much for posting. It’s a privilege Learning about our artistic neighbors. Looking forward to the show! — DSSA on Catching up with Adger Cowans on his 90th birthday

Pam, Thank you for this piece on Adger and for bringing us amazing Tribeca stories. — Demetri on Catching up with Adger Cowans on his 90th birthday

Relative to other parts of the city FiDi has comparatively little green space, let alone trees on the streets. Further, my comment included issues other than lack of open space: narrow sidewalks, narrow subway platforms, narrow streets, all meant to accommodate pedestrians in the 17th century. — Heide Fasnacht on City moving forward with development of 100 Gold

A lot of NIMBYism in these comments. Financial district is basically the birthplace of the skyscraper, has always been crowded, but somehow trading residents for office workers is so much worse? Sure, maybe the area’s under schooled (I bet there’s some vacant office space that can solve that) but otherwise it seems to me an excellent place to add more affordable housing. — Cd on City moving forward with development of 100 Gold

One solution to the lack of common areas and too much traffic: close streets to cars/trucks permanently, and convert them into pedestrian spaces, courtyards, etc. — Ben on City moving forward with development of 100 Gold

Before 2010, the area was still mostly office (personally I would not describe as moribund) and actually less traffic. There were numerous streets without traffic lights nor need for them. The Gehry building went up - then many more luxury high-rises, new hotels, Pace expansion. Also many more chain food places, All of these have generated much more traffic - Uber, Amazon, building services, construction. Fulton, John, William,Nassau, Beekman etc are often congested. BTW that has serious impact on folks needing to get to the hospital, medical offices, social security. The luxury high-rise residential buildings have also resulted in massive amounts of trash. — stm on City moving forward with development of 100 Gold

I pass by 100 Gold a couple of time a week. At street level it seems dank and squat, and could obviously be put to better use. But four thousand new apartments added to the northernmost Southbridge Towers superblock? Can one have too many neighbors? Even though more housing is needed, it seems that we're heading back to the ultra-high-density designs that doomed some Federal housing developments decades ago. What happens if the former parking lot across from Southbridge is also developed? There was such a furor from the area when that seemed inevitable; one day, building on the site of that Hughes Corporation lot would only add to the burden on municipal services, retail, etc., caused by the conversion of nearby office space into housing. The developer, and our city leaders, should consider not building "as of right," but "within reason." Think and plan a bit better now - the neighborhood will have to live with the result for many years to come. — Gary on City moving forward with development of 100 Gold

Lovely and well deserved -- keep up the good work, Adger! — John Willenbecher on Catching up with Adger Cowans on his 90th birthday