Why aren’t they concerned about the tour buses as well? I’ve seen tour buses stuck while trying to make turns from West Street onto Carlisle, and at Carlisle/Greenwich, blocking traffic until they figured out what to do (I didn’t stick around to see what happened, but there’s been damage to signs along there). — Hudson River on Crowd Sourcing: Trucks wreaking havoc downtown

Re: 26 Federal Plaza, repairs to the Broadway plaza and garage underneath the plaza will begin shortly. First thing to be done is to remove the sculptures from in front of 26 Fed. I would anticipate that the barricades will be there for the duration of the project. — Maryann on Seen & Heard: Noted Tribeca has a new owner

There are now concrete barricades in front of 26 Federal plaza. They put in there last week. Not sure if it is temporary or permanent. — TribecaMom on Seen & Heard: Noted Tribeca has a new owner

Prior to 9/11 all weekend non-emergency construction on buidlings was barred. And huge trucks had to wait until midnight to come into the city - what happened? I mean these trucks do have to come in to the city and getting the police to ticket them isn't the answer. It worked before so let's put the midnight restriction back. It is bad enough they took a massive graveyard and Disneyifed the former WTC site but these lax rules seem to now apply to all developers. — TG on Crowd Sourcing: Trucks wreaking havoc downtown

Just for the sake of some new information; in Canada First Nations is the official ethnic title for well Canada's First Nations. — TG on Seen & Heard: Canadian native art installed at Brookfield

the solution is simple. get police out there with their Ticket book. — perryro on Crowd Sourcing: Trucks wreaking havoc downtown

This is what can happen: https://patch.com/new-york/soho-little-italy/dump-truck-falls-sidewalk-vault-soho More typical is that the truck just drives partly onto the sidewalk for ease of parking, so two wheels on the sidewalk. That's still about half the weight of the truck applying force where it should not. Even if this is just momentary, it puts serious stress on the stones or concrete of the sidewalk, plus whatever understructure is there, especially in a hollow vault situation. A lot of buildings have hollow vaults there for mechanical equipment. As this article shows it can cost upwards of $100k to rebuild a damaged sidewalk vault. https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Dump-Truck-Falls-into-SoHo-Sidewalk-Vault-FDNY-491183271.html — Marcus on Crowd Sourcing: Trucks wreaking havoc downtown

Yup. https://tribecacitizen.wpengine.com/2019/07/19/seen-heard-canadian-native-art-installed-at-brookfield/ — Pam Frederick on In the News: 250 Water going forward with cleanup

Well done, Tanya! — Pam Frederick on Where in Tribeca?

Ha. Guess I'll have to dust off my Marx-Engels Reader. So the question remains: where is our neighborhood communist? — Pam Frederick on Where in Tribeca?

Yes! I meant to post: the contractor told me last Friday that the station will be open this week. Maybe it already is? — Pam Frederick on Nosy Neighbor: Is the Franklin Street station canopy being removed?

250 Water huge disappointment to the community. I don’t believe the environment will be safe. We been lied to before by EPA 911. Huge whole which will be dangerous during flooding and storms. Toxins lurking and lies from the Hughes Corporation about the size of their “ monster “ building which will cover and shadow our seaport. People who live there properly value will go down. Greed wins again — Native on In the News: 250 Water going forward with cleanup

Hi PeterD, You are correct it does look like Karl Marx on closer inspection but he also looks a little like Santa too with all that hair/beard? Good hunting to all, regards, Sonia S. — Sonia F. Stock on Where in Tribeca?

The City does not pay to fix sidewalks, but the owners of the building when they need to repair the damaged vault underneath the sidewalk when delivery trucks use the sidewalks for free parking. Increased City enforcement is needed here. — Catherine on Crowd Sourcing: Trucks wreaking havoc downtown

Um, that's not Santa. That's Karl Marx. — PeterD on Where in Tribeca?

The plywood fence is down! — James on Nosy Neighbor: Is the Franklin Street station canopy being removed?

There's also the common problem of trucks using sidewalks as a parking-shortcut. That is, instead of backing into a parallel parking spot, they drive up on and off the sidewalk. A lot of sidewalks get damaged this way. Sometimes they even collapse. Not sure what the solution is. Industrial-strength planters? Anyone know the regulations on such planters? — Marcus on Crowd Sourcing: Trucks wreaking havoc downtown

bravo maestro! — Dave Soldier on He Cuts a Fine Figure

It is the scuplture on the south side of Warren St, near West St. — Tanya on Where in Tribeca?

I also miss the convenience of mail boxes. The USPS provides an essential service -- the fact that some mailboxes are stuffed to the brim is an indication of that. I hope the missing Tribeca boxes return soon (selfishly, especially the Warren & W. B'way box!) — Priscilla on Nosy Neighbor: Where have all the post office boxes gone?

Ironically, "Blech" means sheet metal or tin in German. — James on Streetscape: Big reveal at 187 Franklin

Finally took a better look at the new storefront at 88 Leonard. It's an art gallery. https://www.hemingwayafricangallery.com/ — TribecaMom on In the News: 250 Water going forward with cleanup

Ugh, so sorry. I just saw it and slapped it up... — Pam Frederick on Seen & Heard: Waitlist open at 89 Murray

I vote for "Sylvia" — Will Meyerhofer on Former Bouley Botanical scheduled as upscale American

Unfortunately the deadline for even requesting applications for 89 Murray: "Applications may be requested until June 28, 2019 and must be returned by July 19, 2019." — Anon on Seen & Heard: Waitlist open at 89 Murray