Very excited to have Bluestone in this too long vacate space. Excellent coffee and food. — pamela weadick on Bluestone Lane coffee is on its way to Tribeca

Thank you for sharing this video! Let’s see where it will “pivot” to. This is so great. — j. on Work on monument is paused through July 6

The Anish Kapoor Bean sculpture is a mystery and an epic eyesore for the last 2 years. Keep asking. — Fran on Seen & Heard: Holding down the fort

Re the former North End Grill: There's been a good bit of work there over the past couple of months. It appears the kitchen equipment has all been replaced and the barroom and dining room have been repainted off-white. Poked my head in last week. Maybe an August opening? — Jon on Seen & Heard: More charming drawings of local restaurants

https://www.instagram.com/p/CQyho2dAs_S/ Can’t believe the people actually won. Great job everyone! — Nyc on Work on monument is paused through July 6

Congratualtions Pup Culture- a truly exceptional pet facility. the entire staff really love the pups in their care. they took such good care of my dog, Rusty, from the time he was 6 monrths, until his recent death, 15 years later. — Madeline Lanciani on Old Pup on a New Block: Pupculture South

So many of the schools use that area during and after-school. Cuomo is a joke now. — Sandra on State breaks ground on huge monument for Rockefeller Park lawn

J Frank P- "indicates this memorial is not leaving BPC, even if it leaves Rockefeller Park." i dont think anyone has an issue with this at all, thats the goal. yes: memorial- no: ripping down the canopy of trees and reducing grass (and putting a flame in the middle of where everyone plays) — nyc on Work on monument is paused through July 6

Ever since the much lamented closing of the Delphi so many years ago, their sidewalk shed has been "grandfathered" in to the property. Why would an owner in his right mind want to eliminate that gratuitous space? Particularly at a time when other restaurants on the street have taken over parking lanes, bike lanes and subway ventilator shafts to increase theirs? PS I believe the paintings on the side of that building are not 'authentic' but were made for a movie shoot many many years ago. Notice that none of them name a product -- — George Bacon on Seen & Heard: Bluestone Lane opens next week

Pam, thanks for making us aware and keeping us informed. yes, Power to the People. — Bill on The monument plans at Rockefeller Park: A Recap

Nice progress. Good to hear this morning. — j. on Work on monument is paused through July 6

Good news, but Tsunis saying " ... to discuss the location of the monument in Battery Park City ..." indicates this memorial is not leaving BPC, even if it leaves Rockefeller Park. If the goalposts of the argument will only move that far: Belvedere Plaza is already a paved grove of trees awaiting a stone & flame. — J Frank P on Work on monument is paused through July 6

Bravo to the community and to Deborah Glick, Yuh-Line, and all the elected officials who went to bat for us. Let’s hope for once Cuomo listens to the people! Activism at its best. And thank you, Pam, for your passionate coverage of this insanity. — Alex on The monument plans at Rockefeller Park: A Recap

Not really. You can look at the NY4P Open Space Index, where the goal is one acre of park land for every 1000 residents. Downtown ranges from 1.5 to 2. But I say "not really" because Chinatown rates among the lowest and its just around the corner. There is also an IBO report on this same topic. Of course this was different before the construction of Hudson River Park in the early '90s... — Tribeca Citizen on Work on monument is paused through July 6

Thanks! and great news! — Richard on Work on monument is paused through July 6

The Battery Park City Authority. — Tribeca Citizen on Work on monument is paused through July 6

Hello, is this confirmed? Can you add the source i? Thanks! — Richard on Work on monument is paused through July 6

Many news agencies are covering this, including: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/cuomo-memorial-controversy-1984756 https://gothamist.com/news/locals-protest-cuomos-plan-install-essential-workers-monument-battery-park-city I once read a statistic detailing the number of square feet of park space per citizen in each neighborhood. Ours was comparatively quite low. Does anyone else know about this and if so where the data comes from? — Heide Fasnacht on Work on monument is paused through July 6

Thank you to everyone fighting to keep our beloved park. Thank you, thank you, thank you. — A2 on Seen & Heard: Holding down the fort

What sense does it make to issue preliminary results when the phony, test ballots are counted as if they were actual ballots? That said, they did this because the unreasonably long absentee ballot deadline risks tarnishing the unrelated use of ranked choice voting. Voters think they are waiting for RCV, when they are actually waiting for absentee ballots to be tabulated. — James on Seen & Heard: Holding down the fort

What sense does it make to issue preliminary results in a ranked-choice election when the absentee ballots aren't factored in? It's a meaningless report since they will have to start from scratch in a couple of weeks. — Jon on Seen & Heard: Holding down the fort

Nice work on this story, Pam! Appreciate your advocacy on behalf of our community. WPIX has also covered the story. https://pix11.com/news/battery-park-city-residents-fight-against-essential-workers-monument/ — Jon on The monument plans at Rockefeller Park: A Recap

thank you pam for keeping the community up to date!! — urban cowgirl on The monument plans at Rockefeller Park: A Recap

Appreciate the recap. Thank you. Power to the people. — j. on The monument plans at Rockefeller Park: A Recap

Thank you for this story.. I had no idea about this site ! — Richard on There’s a tent city in Rockefeller Park