The best (cleanest) time to go to a restaurant is right after it re-opens from a Health Dept closing since the restaurant has to go through a re-opening inspection. — TribecaMom on Walker’s closed for Health Department violations

Linda, Loved your artist statement, and seeing how your work has evolved. Fun and inspiring times at your Short Hills "salon". Agree " if not now, when?" — Lyle on Second Acts: Linda Brosterman

She deserves a place to rest her head, far away or closer to home, and feel like she belongs. Let's not get caught in semantics. She is a neighbor, full stop. — RRC on Seen & Heard: Joyce Carol Oates at the Mysterious Bookshop

Yes! Please keep the sand! https://www.cbsnews.com/news/health-hazards-lurking-in-the-sandbox/ — Jim Smithers on Repairs coming soon to Washington Market Park playground

For Five is a coffee shop owned and operated by Convene ... — TMK on Seen & Heard: Joyce Carol Oates at the Mysterious Bookshop

If you want the sand to stay you will have to start emailing and speaking up as a larger group... — TMK on Repairs coming soon to Washington Market Park playground

It's sodded every year. It will be green again in the spring. — Tribeca Citizen on Repairs coming soon to Washington Market Park playground

amazing photo. thanks James. as you no doubt know, but for others who may not, the ny public library has online a whole treasure trove of old pics geocoded to a map. lot of fun of to explore - https://www.oldnyc.org — demetri on Construction update: The remnants of streetcars on Vestry

Go, James! — KP on Construction update: The remnants of streetcars on Vestry

On the crossword, it's weird to me to say that the neighborhood in question is "next" to Tribeca (though technically correct). I always think of it as "above" Tribeca. — Edward on Seen & Heard: State Insurance Fund building gets uglier by the day

Exactly! Just don't eat the sand. — TG on Repairs coming soon to Washington Market Park playground

Love these kind of posts! Thanks for sharing. — Garret on Construction update: The remnants of streetcars on Vestry

Please don’t refer to Taylor as a local, she’s anything but. Turned one of the more quaint streets into a compound. Thanks! — Tribeca local on Seen & Heard: Joyce Carol Oates at the Mysterious Bookshop

Funny, my classically trained fine arts painter husband has always said that mathematics is intrinsically threaded through great art work. The more abstract, sometimes the more math! — TG on Second Acts: Linda Brosterman

Very inspirational - both the idea of "second acts" and the art embodying the energy of transformation. Thanks for this. — Jill Weinstein on Second Acts: Linda Brosterman

Fix the water fountain on the south side that always creates a runoff river before coming up with the absurd scheme that no one wants of replacing the sand — What about the kids on Repairs coming soon to Washington Market Park playground

What happened to the grass field? It looks almost bold now. — OrangeG on Repairs coming soon to Washington Market Park playground

That's what her publisher said she said. — Tribeca Citizen on Seen & Heard: Joyce Carol Oates at the Mysterious Bookshop

Where does Oates say, "noir’s strength has very little to do with man-centric plots and everything to do with female ascendance"? — James on Seen & Heard: Joyce Carol Oates at the Mysterious Bookshop

My grandfather opened the Imperial in 1923. — Bill on Imperial Coffee House Has Closed

Submitted an idea for repair at the NYC Participatory Budgeting site. http://ideas.pbnyc.org/place/611136 — TribecaMom on Repairs coming soon to Washington Market Park playground

Replace the sand? Are they nuts? Have the people who run the playgrounds for the Parks Dept ever met kids? Were they ever kids once? Kids love to play in sand and dig in sand. — James on Repairs coming soon to Washington Market Park playground

Hi, I am studying at Curtin Unversity in Australia and researching for an assignment on Agnes Denes. I am very interested in the photographic timeline of the changes made to Battery Park. What does it look like today? What did it look like after the fall of the Twin Towers? It would be very interesting to see some more images, if I lived there I would do them myself but I live far away from New York. hope you can help, many thanks, Vynka — vynka on The Birth of Battery Park City

I just bought a suit from Stephén. It is impeccable and luxurious with a more modern fit that I should have been wearing. He has a great eye. He did not push any style or fabric that was too adventurous, and engaged in no up-selling since his suits are already bespoke. Fantastic. — Brian on New Kid on the Block: Stephén Seo

https://wwd.com/eye/lifestyle/walker-hotel-opens-tribeca-new-york-downtown-1203349330/amp/ — James on Seen & Heard: Walker Street Hotel is almost? open