..the "creepy stuff" is clearly the nearly complete skeletal remains of a mermaid.. ..pretty normal for New York.. — jim on Seen & Heard: Italian tailor for kitchens

Storefront vacancy is a problem in New York City. However, this type of business does not fit in this neighborhood. Financial District simply does not have the infrastructure to handle so many people every day. Streets, sidewalks, and even subway platforms are very narrow. A 2-year-old boy was struck and killed by an oncoming train on a busy Fulton subway platform, which is one of the biggest stations in the area. Delivery trucks already park on sidewalks near 20 Exchange. The amount of garbage from the building is already making it hard to walk on the sidewalk. Having a theater would make it even worse. Imagine an emergency, no fire truck or ambulance would be able to go through. This event space is not only a nuisance; it is a matter of public safety. As to the Stone Street comment, sidewalk cafes only operate during the summer and busy on Thursdays and Fridays. They close around 10-11 pm and do not serve 3,500 every day. — Fearless Girl on Gearing up to fight an interactive theater in Fidi

Great. Customer there last two restaurants. Looking forward to opening! — Felix Neals on What’s left behind at Ecco! and what will stay

This is a large space that will be occupied. I openly and enthusiastically welcome Emursive / Sleep No More and the patrons they attract. Unlike the hoards of tourists that flood our streets and the day drinkers turn late night sloppy drunkards that patronize Stone Street, those who seek out and attend a cultural experience will seek out other interesting and authentic experiences before and after their show. Where as the tourist/low brow SantaCon revelers swarm to the cheapest food/alcohol under the familiar awning/arches, an attendee of a Sleep No More performance likely will prefer a more curated dining / lounge / cocktail experience I know this because I attended a Sleep No More performance at their current location on 27th - and we searched for a pre- and post event activities. The streets are going to be crowded one way or another and this space will be leased to someone. Emursive will be an amazing addition to the neighborhood. Just imagine what the alternatives are... — Wall St Bull on Gearing up to fight an interactive theater in Fidi

Order at the bar? No thanks. I'm not taking my first date to a place where I have to order at the bar like we're in some cafeteria or fast food restaurant. If I wanted to do that I would take her to McDonald's or Shake Shack. You seat us, you come to us to take our order, and serve us, capice? — serve us at a table or no dice on What’s left behind at Ecco! and what will stay

THIS IS A GREAT IDEA. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO POST AGAINST THIS BUT MANY MANY MANY FIDI RESIDENTS FULLY SUPPORT THIS. As owners in this areas, we are fed up with empty buildings. 15 Broad Street has been a epic disaster for over 15 years with empty storefronts and no one knows whats happening on the corner of wall street. The building across from 15 Broad is so much better as they have activated thier retail with a rolex store, a coffee shop (upcoming), City MD etc. Getting new things open creates foot traffic, more restaurants and good for business. This does not seem like a seedy operations and KeepFidi Safe is a bunch of jokers who are portraying a completely false narrative. A board member from 15 Broad Street who basically has no job and spends all her time on "community vigilance" was told by many residents at 15 Broad that they would not sign petitions to stop this, in fact they supported it. Getting something like this would make property values GO UP not down. Fidi needs more gentrification and real estate prices are in the dumpster because we dont have these types of businesses opening up. No one wants to see empty spaces and store fronts. This is good thing and other buildings like 15 broad street should wake the F up and activate their retail as well - property prices are lagging because of empty spaces. I will go to this hearing and me and my fellow people fully support it. If you feel that there will be alcohol have you seen stone steet- how come you dont complain to shut down stone street? Full 100% support here. — Aleya on Gearing up to fight an interactive theater in Fidi

I live in the 20 Exchange building on this intersection, and I'm leaving in May because the traffic is already so noisy and horrible at night, especially on the weekends. If you doubt me, please walk over to the corner of Exchange and William on a Thursday or Friday night around 8pm with your popcorn and watch the show. Honk if you love New York traffic. One of the reasons I moved to FiDi rather than a Chelsea or East Village is because it had a reputation as a quieter place to live. When I was at 45 Wall several years ago (on a similar mid-tier floor) I never had the issues I do at 20 Exchange--but that was before Uber invaded and now everyone at Cipriani around the corner is ordering black cars and they have to come the same way as any taxis to the apartment buildings. There's only one street because of the securely shut down blocks surrounding the NYSE and there is a stop sign, no stoplight so it can take 5 minutes or an hour for a car to move up that block depending on pedestrian traffic. I cannot even fathom how much of a sh@tshow it is going to be with this theater. Yes, there's room for the people but not for the cars. I wouldn't care if they show up on foot and take the subway, but they are going to be drinking and ordering Ubers and trying to find them and there is only a single one-way exit on a road where cars can't park to pick up their fares. Not to mention Con Edison has been ripping up that intersection every weekend since I lived here five years ago. Sleep No More indeed. Peace out everyone. — Jill on Gearing up to fight an interactive theater in Fidi

Do you live in FIDI? — Nabe Mom on Gearing up to fight an interactive theater in Fidi

Your former student and his friends are trivializing rape which is not funny. People dying isn't funny either. — no class on Seen & Heard: In Memoriam for the “cancelled”

This sounds like a wonderful idea. But the amount of time it has taken to construct Bogardus Triangle and the permanent pedestrian way on Hudson between Chambers and Reade is - like the reconstruction of Worth Street - a disgrace. No amount of explanation or prevarication by the city can justify the disruption, filth, noise, rats, and visual chaos these two projects have cost the neighborhood. — Bruce Ehrmann on Keeping time at Bogardus Plaza

That's not an accurate statement regarding Erik's day and time. — Tribeca Hater on Where in Tribeca?

This post makes me so angry. Everyone wants to experience culture and nightlife in New York until that culture is suggested to be anywhere near their backyard. I have been to so many events at sleep no more over the past decade and it is high end interactive theater, engaging dinner theatre parties, magic nights featuring the best talent coming through the city and so much more. And all those people paying solid money for this experience will be looking for places to eat and drink in the neighborhood before and after the shows. We should welcome well run, exciting venues in our neighborhood, instead of cookie cutter crap that replace our favorite local spots like Ecco. All those who resist what this neighborhood has always been should move back uptown. This has never been nor will hopefully ever be the Upper East or Upper West Side. If that is the neighborhood you are looking for, that is the neighbor you should live in. I want downtown to stay incredible. — JD on Gearing up to fight an interactive theater in Fidi

Thanks...I think? I have noticed a few times it did not post at 10AM, and by the time I saw it was posted later in the day, I was already beaten to the punch. — Robert Ripps on Where in Tribeca?

In theory, a project like this sounds great. In reality, This particular location doesn’t work. If you lived nearby, you would know that traffic, crowds and trash are already a huge issue. Something like this belongs in the seaport - the seaport has the space, infrastructure, easy access to the FDR and Water Street, etc. Plus, the seaport isn’t a residential area and they need/want the crowds! Bring Emursive to the seaport! — John on Gearing up to fight an interactive theater in Fidi

It is bad enough when events at the Broad St Ballroom end at midnight and drunks are screaming, yelling and fighting/vomiting on the adjacent streets. This is a residential neighborhood and most of us need to wake up early in the morning to work....we do not need drunks, fights and rowdiness 7 days per week outside our door. TK said it well.....6am to 3am is inappropriate for this street. Let them find a more appropriate venue for their business...one that is not residential...fewer headaches and problems for everyone involved. — km on Gearing up to fight an interactive theater in Fidi

The venue wants to go from 6am to 3am with shows. This is not a regular show type theater event. A theater in itself would be great. Last show ends at 3am 7 days a week. I see how 3500 patrons rolling out into the streets every 2.5 hours until 3am is not good for the people living in the area. — TK on Gearing up to fight an interactive theater in Fidi

I mean why are people objecting to this? Its NYC, and FiDi is not some sleepy neighborhood, its still fairly hollowed out at night. If people want quiet, go two stops to Cobble Hill. Very quiet .... If I were to complain about anything it would be the excessive tourists and suburbanites who dont know what downtown is. But I wont complain because that's part of the deal. Having an immersive theater wont ruin the neighborhood. Dead streets do. — Patrick Valentino on Gearing up to fight an interactive theater in Fidi

this discussion is so absurd. people scared for their safety? alcohol fueled Shakespeare? have you been to stone street or the seaport district that a company in dallas invented? it sounds like this space can accommodate thousands and they are limiting it to 500 people, be careful what you wish for could turn into something thats actually going to negatively effect the area, like a huge restaurant. This is New York City, Thousands if not millions of people travel through this neighborhood everyday and people are up in arms over 500 people drinking Champagne. Isn't Stone Street a more likely target for people in the hood who despise drunken rowdiness? keepfidisafe should setup in westchester, this is not the way a cultural event should be welcome into the neighborhood. we should all hope they succeed and more interesting places are encouraged to make this city great, the seaport district is actually how keepfidisafe and BORING have brought unexciting and commercial enterprises bound to fail to our hood. Bring on Shakespeare!! I cant wait to see what they do, they obviously have a good track record! — alan kaminsky on Gearing up to fight an interactive theater in Fidi

As a Fidi resident and owner, I am supportive of exciting, new businesses coming into the neighborhood. HOWEVER, this particular type of business (large format venue) will not work in 99% of the spaces due to the extremely delicate infrastructure, particularly the narrow, one-lane, one-way streets that are already extremely conjested. This block in particular (William and Exchange/Hanover) is particularly terrible. I live next door to this proposed Emursive project, and the traffic situation is already a nightmare. There is an existing large-format venue a block away (Cipriani Wall Street) and, on nights when there are events, the traffic and crowds are disasterous for residents. Streets are blocked, sidewalks are blocked, there are honking cars everywhere. It's really disruptive. Even on non-event nights, I am often kept awake by honking cars that are stuck in standstill traffic on Williams Street. I can't imagine a new 500-to-3500 Emursive theater venue on top of this. Not only is this a quality of life issue, it is a safety issue as well. If there was an emergency, I don't think an ambulance or fire truck could get through with existing traffic, letalone new traffic from this proposed new venue. While I am a huge fan of Emursive's productions, they don't belong in this neighborhood due to our lack of infrastructure to support large venues. I wish this wasn't the case, but sadly, it is. — Lauren on Gearing up to fight an interactive theater in Fidi

It's at the exact time and day that Erik did it: Saturday at 10a. — Tribeca Citizen on Where in Tribeca?

Sounds like Sleep No More didn't do their homework. Been to William Street lately? There are already delivery trucks parking on sidewalks, garbage piled sky-high, and any night Cipriani has an event there's standstill traffic and relentless honking late into the night. We don't need another thousand drunk out-of-towners every night of the week. Go back to Chelsea! — Charlie on Gearing up to fight an interactive theater in Fidi

"Where in Tribeca" needs to be at a set time and day. That's the way Erik did it and it worked. It seems skewed towards Sonia-Tribeca Lover. Ripps needs every advantage he can get. — Tribeca Hater on Where in Tribeca?

Facts: There are 75,000 residents, 300,000 office workers and 14 million tourists a year that flow through FiDi. Whether this theater is approved or not, growth in FiDi does not appear to be slowing down. The Downtown Alliance recently identified about 3,400 housing units in the pipeline along with a host of new retail opening. FiDi must continue to embrace change (as it has over the past 20 years) and find creative ways to to tackle issues that are often a result of growth (garbage, congestion, safety, etc) while building a dynamic community for all. — Fred on Gearing up to fight an interactive theater in Fidi

Facts: There are 75,000 residents, 300,000 office workers and 14 million tourists a year that flow through FiDi. Whether this theater is approved or not, growth in FiDi is slowing does not appear to be slowing down. The Downtown Alliance recently identified about 3,400 housing units in the pipeline along with a host of new retail opening. FiDi must continue to embrace change (as it has over the past 20 years) and find creative ways to to tackle issues that are often a result of growth (garbage, congestion, safety, etc) while building a dynamic community for all. — Fred on Gearing up to fight an interactive theater in Fidi

Our first child was born on may 4 1971 and that night I was greeted at a new restaurant by Pierro. Later on Dominique was the maitre-d and now Ray. I respect the history as well as exceptional quality and service. If there is a relocation I hope I am the first one Ray calls. For me and my wife it is not replaceable. — Anthony on Ecco! at the end of its era in Tribeca?