What's coming into the Ecco space - another salad place? I'm going to miss Ecco. Food was always good and reasonably priced and service was always the way all restaurants should be. — Sara Ross on Seen & Heard: Ecco! is cleared out

You could buy a whole case of beer at a supermarket and drink it any time you want. — Concerned Citizen on More details on the plans for Best Market space

The International Plaza Condominium is a White Glove, Doorman Luxury Building, located at the edge of Historical Tudor City. — Concerned Citizen on More details on the plans for Best Market space

And there you have it, folks. — Tribeca Citizen on In the News: Local merchants fighting wine tariffs

I love and enjoy Wogies, but why attempt to innovate what is already a nearly perfect creation: the cheesesteak! (Let's innovate the Eagles offense instead) — Jonathan on In the News: Local merchants fighting wine tariffs

What a peach you are Mr. Gunlocke! Thank you. — TG on The Don Quixote of Chambers Street

Me too! And the fishes are fun as well. — TG on Seen & Heard: Icca on Warren on hold

Yeah, your "manufactured passion" comment was offline buddy. Plug it. — TG on More details on the plans for Best Market space

What difference does it make on whether a person owns or rents? It isn't outrageous to dream that another Best Market would open up in the space but short of a miracle that isn't going to happen. But a person living in a TriBeCa dwelling is a person with rights as a taxpayer. And against popular belief; we ALL pay taxes. — TG on More details on the plans for Best Market space

All these comments demonstrate the dire need to end rent stabilization and licensing committees ASAP. Beer at 9am? AWESOME!!! Doesn't Sarabeth's serve beer at 9am? — Jim Smithers on More details on the plans for Best Market space

As one of the Public Members sitting on the Licensing Committee we try to represent the views of our Tribeca neighbors. A market is a very real need in that space and Vernardo has twice put one in that space to great success. It may still happen. There are loads of empty spaces all around Tribeca. The young people behind Cocoon presented a very very unspecific proposal but the idea of beer at 9AM and open public membership (yes, you don't have to have children to buy in and come and sit down)caused many to pause about a space that would be open to ANYONE. This space is huge. Sorry but safety is a huge concern.. But the people we met later seemed genuinely willing to talk so that's what's got to happen. Talk with Vernardo and others because whatever goes in this space. IPN sits at the base of thousands of peoples ' HOMES. — Jean Grillo on More details on the plans for Best Market space

I think it would make for good community relations for them to offer a number of subsidized memberships for the "less privileged" families in the neighborhood. — JSMiller on More details on the plans for Best Market space

Yawn — Jim Smithers on More details on the plans for Best Market space

Thanks for bringing attention to this special urban tree species. Heres a great read for all gingko aficionados. I heard Peter Crane speak at an arborists conference several years ago. What a great read and with the tree biology + tree sex geared to the plant novice. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Crane https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300213829/ginkgo — Carsten W Glaeser on ‘Tis the season…for harvesting Ginkgo nuts in City Hall Park

The real problem/issue is that Stellar Management and Vornado (the majority owner) show little sense in community/neighborhood development. Rather than look at the needs of the community not just as a self interested landlord (which they are), and try to put forward a well thought out plan that benefits not just them but the neighborhood services needed, they instead lease to a new venture with no prior experience without caring about what the people really need and want. That is why they could care less about keeping most of their retail portfolio shuttered rather than working on seeking the businesses that would serve TriBeCa best. Your bad Mr. Roth. — Knowledgeable on More details on the plans for Best Market space

It took 1 year and 45 days to build the Empire State Building. — Mike on Nosy Neighbor: What’s the latest on Bogardus Garden?

As a parent in the neighborhood I'm all for indoor space geared towards families. There's not much to do in the winter with young ones (for those of us who don't live in massive condos). We belong to the Manhattan Downtown Community Center which is ok but about half as good as it could be. This place sounds like a modern upgraded version of the DCC and perfectly located next to the park. I'm eager to see more specifics, including price point. I do hope it's a place that is geared towards serving the community as much as making money. It sounds promising enough to me. I hope they get a chance to flesh out their plan in more detail before people oppose it outright. — Ben on More details on the plans for Best Market space

Good (not great) food, friendly staff, nice relaxing ambiance. Upscale but low key. Perfect for a party of 2. Will be missed. — Rick K on Giorgione on Spring Street is closed

Nooo! So sad. A great neighborhood place that was so cozy in the winter with their fireplace. Will be missed. — Cd on Giorgione on Spring Street is closed

Do not like the idea of a club at all but then again I guess it is better than a boarded up store front. I too feel that we need more Food options ( Pizza,Chinese take out etc) and would love another “Normal “ Supermarket. But since I too am not willing to invest in one , I will not complain. — Dizzy on More details on the plans for Best Market space

As a resident of the neighborhood from the mid-seventies with no kids I have zero interest in this place. It bears no resemblance to anything I'd ever envisioned for the neighborhood, and, in fact, speaks of a certain privileged gentrification that I find dismaying. Yet I can't harbor anything but benign feelings, and I can even muster well wishes. What I found utterly obnoxious was the response to your first posting on this. I mean, look at the profiles of these people. They really seem like dangerous sorts, don't they? They're absolutely out to ply pre-schoolers with booze, right? Let's all rise to an occasion of our own creation, why don't we? — David G Imber on More details on the plans for Best Market space

I hope whoever comes next continues to preserve that 19th century "Seaman Lowerre" ghost sign. https://tribecacitizen.wpengine.com/2019/02/18/seen-heard-menswear-landmark-edition/ — James on Giorgione on Spring Street is closed

Manufactured passion? First off clueless, the Chongs neither live nor work in TriBeCa so who the hell are they? What are their true intentions with the space? The community which includes the IPNTA has a right to know. It looks like a bar-club disguised as a "social club" for who? Second, manufactured passion? WTF are you talking about? Nothing manufactured just a group who has fought for IPN tenants rights for decades - and you? What have you ever done for IPN let alone TriBeCa? Some members of the IPNTA and myself are the reasons TriBeCa exists as a viable place to live - we paved the way whether you like it or not, hater! We got Food Emporium to come here, Washington Market Park built, BMCC built too. The TA has no "power" or more say than they should have. Who died and made you the one to decide that? You don't like them opposing this stupid doomed to fail business, too bad. Last we need another supermarket, an alternative and complement to Whole Foods/Amazon if only because if they close this neighborhood is a supermarket desert. TA members and myself have supported Morgan's Market since before you were born or at least moved here. Amish and Hudson Markets have and want nothing to do with the community, and both are glorified bodegas. Max Delivery? Are you serious? They are not part of the community here either. They're not even a friggin supermarket/place open to the public. The TA was here way before, before, during, right after, and well after 9/11 so you can zip it about them - all of you people sore that you don't have below market rents which is what your anti-TA/IPN BS is all about. Who asked you to pay 6K or more for a studio or one-bedroom? Idiots. — A on More details on the plans for Best Market space

Well done, Tribeca Lover. Go west, young man! — Tribeca Citizen on Where in Tribeca?

Grom closed last week. — HudsonRiver on 52 Reasons to be excited about the future