Good guess, but no... — Tribeca Citizen on Where in Tribeca?

Yes! — Tribeca Citizen on Where in Tribeca?

He is definitely worth taking a look at. Its a crowded race and its worth it to take the time to look at every candidate. — GiligansLittleIslands on The Candidates 2021: Ray McGuire for mayor

This is located at the side of the entrance doors to the 1st Precinct Police Station NYPD at 16 Ericsson Place, regards, Sonia S. — SONIA STOCK on Where in Tribeca?

Tweed Courthouse — James on Where in Tribeca?

Watch this being built over the last year on our "pandemic" walks. This is so exciting. Big thanks to all involved! — Max on Hudson River Park’s Little Island opens tomorrow

With all the bike lanes WHY must inconsiderate cyclists speed down the BPC esplanade hitting people and nearly killing seniors and toddlers One walkway is all we want Brookfield Plaza Does NOT enforce its own rules Sadly It’s going to take the death of a child or senior on the BPC esplanade to get anyone to listen Sad situation — Runoverandbattered on Protected bike lanes coming to Varick and Church this month

Ok, i just drove past it in cab downtown on west side highway and it looked incredible and filled with people. — j. on Hudson River Park’s Little Island opens tomorrow

Only service animals. https://littleisland.org/rules-and-faqs — alee on Hudson River Park’s Little Island opens tomorrow

Got tickets for next week. Are Dogs allowed? — Amy on Hudson River Park’s Little Island opens tomorrow

Looks great! Very green and positive and optimistic. Love the little amphitheatre also. Hope to take in some great performances there. — Marcus on Hudson River Park’s Little Island opens tomorrow

Congrats on your daughter getting her Pfizer vaccine shot. Great they are doing vaccines at the Conrad. — j. on Seen & Heard: Smorgasburg returns today

'if you build it they will come!' aptly applies to this creative and exciting new green space for NYC.....only in New York!! — Ray Robert Lee on Hudson River Park’s Little Island opens tomorrow

I think it's great, when done right. Some are just ugly plywood boxes, but others have made the effort (and clearly spared no expense) to make the outdoor eating areas beautiful and structurally solid. It can also alleviate sidewalk congestion created by sidewalk seating. (Although I walked by a couple restaurants in our neighborhood the other night, which had large outdoor structures, but still added so much sidewalk seating, overflowing with patrons, that it was almost impossible to walk through there! So if anything the use of the street seating areas should be a way to eradicate such "sidewalk congestion" problem.) — Marcus on Seen & Heard: More outdoor seating for Tribeca’s Kitchen

Re: Consider The Source (1) I am not talking about placard abuse at all. (The bike riding on the sidewalk by people older than 12 is illegal; lax enforcement is a different story.) The government already subsidizes automobile use with free or cheap on-street parking worth billions of dollars annually. The roadway cafes merely reallocate some of the "public" space from vehicle drivers to restaurants, and indirectly their employees, suppliers, and the dining public. See https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/18/opinion/a-fix-for-new-yorks-parking-problems.html " [...] Laid end-to-end, New York’s three million on-street parking spaces would stretch almost halfway around the earth. They would cover about 17 square miles of land, 13 times the size of Central Park. " Because 97 percent of New York’s on-street parking is free, the indirect parking subsidy — what the city gives to drivers in the form of free parking — is astronomical. For example, if only half of New York’s on-street spaces were metered and the average revenue per space were only $2,000 a year ($5.50 a day), the total revenue would amount to $3 billion a year. " There are other, indirect costs as well. One study of 15 blocks on the Upper West Side of Manhattan found that drivers cruised more than a third of a mile, on average, before finding an open space. In a year, this cruising created about 366,000 vehicle miles of travel and 325 tons of carbon dioxide emissions. " If New York charges market prices for curb parking — the lowest prices that will produce one or two open spaces on each block — drivers won’t need to hunt for parking because they will always see open curb spaces available wherever they go. Parking won’t be free, but it won’t be scarce. [...] " (2) How are the "the people who [..] work [...] here" different from the "people who use the neighborhood solely for profit"? Who provides the services for the people who live here? Separately, zoning, land use, preservation, etc. are some of the biggest exclusionary forces. (3) 311 requires persistence. It documents the problems and generates a data trail for you, which you can bring to the attention of your local precinct or councilperson if action is not being taken. — james on Seen & Heard: More outdoor seating for Tribeca’s Kitchen

Most things in life and business can be explained by economics and this situation is no different. In this case, restaurant owners, their managers, consultants and on-line influencers, want local residents and politicians to believe that they are suffering, that street sheds are charming and therefore, it is our morale responsibility to support their expansion wishes despite the cost. Let's see: more outdoor tables = more customers = more opportunities to sell over-priced drinks = more profitable revenue. Extended SBA or PPP loan programs (that will likely be forgiven) = lower operating costs. More revenue + lower costs = more profits. And, for those who remember their Econ 101 will recall, pollution - in this case jammed sidewalks, lack of parking, noise - is the negative externality. And, if pollution is not regulated, it will be consumed by pollutants infinitely. We personally know two owners of restaurants downtown and both tell us that they are making more money than they ever have thanks to outdoor seating. This expansion needs to be reigned back in and we need to return to having outdoor cafes and music governed by the long-standing permitting process. — This Isn't Greek on Seen & Heard: More outdoor seating for Tribeca’s Kitchen

I assume you referring to placard abuse? I can assure you that the street cafes have not solved that problem in the least. As for NIMBYism, seriously? It is so tedious to hear that argument. As if the people who live, work, go to school and volunteer here should somehow be valued less? Of course we care about our “backyard”. The people who use the neighborhood solely for profit are not economically inclined to care as much as the “NIMBYs”. Was Jane Jacobs also a NIMBY in your book? If you’ve ever called 311, you’d know that it is akin to pushing a “walk” button at a traffic light. It is designed to absorb your anger over something, and that’s it. 311 is a joke; they do nothing. Re-read the threads on noise complaints from illegal parties in the neighborhood. — Consider the Source on Seen & Heard: More outdoor seating for Tribeca’s Kitchen

According to our local precinct, the best thing to do when you see skateboarders in the plaza is to call 911. It is illegal, dangerous (for both the boarders and for pedestrians) and destructive. — Victoria on Ribbon Cutting for Bogardus set for May 27

Do you also object to the subsidized parking of automobiles in the streets? That's what these structures are displacing. They generate way more in tax revenues and employment than free or cheap parking. This basically bothers the NIMBYs who were used to holding up sidewalk cafes through community board control and/or antiquated, restrictive zoning. These outdoor dining programs have objective sidewalk clearance requirements. See https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/pedestrians/openrestaurants.shtml#siting If a structure or seating area falls to comply, call 311. — James on Seen & Heard: More outdoor seating for Tribeca’s Kitchen

I think it’s a refreshing change to NYC. Restaurants went to great lengths to survive the virus and very creatively. Gives a little charm back to NYC. — Karen on Seen & Heard: More outdoor seating for Tribeca’s Kitchen

And, indeed exciting you’re involved in this fabulous development. — j. on Hudson River Park’s Little Island opens tomorrow

I honestly didn’t know anything about this till i read the piece on it in the NYTimes this morning. The details seem very beautiful done, creative, and fun. — j. on Hudson River Park’s Little Island opens tomorrow

Cannot wait to visit this weekend. I understand your concern about turning people away from a public park. But I for one would have been hesitant to visit in the early days due to crowds - pandemic or not. So I was thrilled that they had established a time ticket system. — A on Hudson River Park’s Little Island opens tomorrow

Please consider the source that you have quoted. The National Restaurant Association is a lobbyist group. Of course they're going to say there aren't enough funds. You can easily look up the amounts of PPP loans for restaurants in this zip code here: https://www.federalpay.org/paycheck-protection-program Every neighborhood restaurant I can think of is on the list, and if you can't find a specific one, the LLC name is probably different than the name on the door. I would bet that some of the SBA money was funneled to pay for some, if not all, of the outdoor structures that are around the neighborhood. If the restaurants were so broke, how did they scrape up the funds to build such elaborate structures in some cases. Yes, we all want restaurants to survive, but I would counter that some of the fixed costs did actually evaporate. Many of them did not pay rent while they were closed or re-negotiated profit sharing deals with the landlords. I agree with K, this is a land grab and will be tough to unwind. So, in addition to navigating the double strollers and bike deliveries on the sidewalk, now we also need to navigate the servers carrying full trays of food. The sidewalks are public property and construction on them should not be allowed. It's a slippery slope. What's next? Tented restaurants covering all of the open spaces in parks? — Consider the Source on Seen & Heard: More outdoor seating for Tribeca’s Kitchen

Yes. — Tribeca Citizen on The Tin Building food market is on its way