who the hell charges for mustard. its totally absurd and will get so many complaints. so stupid...when in fact you can take it from in the store. Why dont they charge 10 cents more for the pretzel so they dont look like cheap B#@$@#$...So messed up companies do this when in fact the retail business in tribeca is depressing. I changed the rules of Sofias.....Owners had no idea they were charging for the spicy green sauce years ago when you take out food. I said WTF...i can just go up to the table and take it....Does that make sense? NO it doesnt and the owners had no clue...fired management to my knowledge-not because of me and for the last couple years you can get as many sauces as you want complimentary!!! — lou forinoadam on Seen & Heard: Bike Path Bollards

definitely books for older kids at Mysterious Bookshop — Carrie on Seen & Heard: Is Barnes & Noble Closing at Year End?

Those bollards do look nice. Hopefully the city will do similar "beautification" of such sadly necessary barriers. I assume they are solid with concrete or steel, to provide a real protective barrier? I like the geometric ones on Wall Street as well. Very sculptural. http://www.allenmetals.com/project/wall-street-bollards/ — Marcus on Seen & Heard: Bike Path Bollards

Agreed! — MME on Seen & Heard: Bike Path Bollards

The pretzels look great! Can't wait to try.... — Marcus on Seen & Heard: Bike Path Bollards

Really? I thought it sounds more like "CIRCUS"', but what do I know? And: How do we know those neighborhood's "hotness" relates to their names at all? Would they even be "hotter" with different names? Perhaps we test this by visiting alternative universes. Anyway, however you feel about the naming conventions, calling people "losers" here seems a bit rude. I was hoping that this forum would be above such ad hominems. Have a lovely weekend....Panem et circenses for all! — Marcus on More on the New Chibeca Restaurant

On another sidewalk issue, a rep for the Department of Buildings told me that the best way to complain is via 311, so it gets routed to the right agency (which could be the Department of Transportation or the DOB in this case). — Erik Torkells on Seen & Heard: Independence Plaza Signage

the sidewalk in front of 14 jay street has been in a state of disarray for almost a year--barriers, port-a-john, street partially taken over, an ugly mess. the building has, or perhaps better, has not finished repair on their vault. the salon on the ground floor has had to put up with the ugly sight for what will soon be a year. there has been an inspection & the building had a deadline of 9/15 but again work has stopped. any advice who I can contact about this? it is more than a nuisance for the entire block. I live in the building next door. thank you for help! — elilsabeth biondi on Seen & Heard: Independence Plaza Signage

Just guessing but the establishment at 132 Greenpoint might have been Cafe Splendid. The dates seem to line up. It was co-owned by a Terrence LeRay who is a real estate broker with a prior career in nightlife. — RN on More on the New Chibeca Restaurant

Hello Erik, I believe this is located at 46 Walker Street between Church and Broadway, with regards, Sonia Stock — Sonia Stock on Where in Tribeca…?

People like MARCUS, which sounds like MUCUS, criticized the neighborhood names NoMad and NoLita. They are now the hottest neighborhoods in NYC. NIMBY losers at its finest. — YIMBY on More on the New Chibeca Restaurant

The New York Times has their facts wrong. De Niro ran and moved right after 911. — NATIVE on In the News: Bomb Suspect Arrested

Thank you for the "restaurant desert" coverage...There is surely a lack in that capacity. (But please for the love of all that is holy let's not promote the name "Chibeca", which sounds like a mutant hellspawn genetic experiment hybrid of TriBeCa, Chewbacca, Chipotle, a Chia Pet, chai, and chewing tobacco) — Marcus on Seen & Heard: Another New Chibeca Restaurant

I am very surprised with all our intelligence and law enforcement the person or persons have not been apprehended already. That is just puzzling to me. — Native on Suspicious Package Found in the Tribeca Grill Building

Was walking across the street from the media coverage and saw several folks trying to get camera time with signs that said "Hoax". This is what we've come to. — paul on Suspicious Package Found in the Tribeca Grill Building

Trump supporters in our midst have a moral responsibility to lodge their disapproval in whatever channels they have. There are several nursery schools in the vicinity of Tribeca Grill, and we live in a population dense area. It's not enough for them to shrug their shoulders. — cami on Suspicious Package Found in the Tribeca Grill Building

I don't think anyone can say or do anything to persuade idiots from doing what idiots do. The silver lining is that there's absolutely no chance this person(s) will get away. — lowphat on Suspicious Package Found in the Tribeca Grill Building

No one knows (or rather no one who knows is talking yet). But overhauling just the retail (and PS 150) is tricky, because it's so integrated with the residential parts. I wouldn't be surprised if Vornado/Stellar want to find a way to get more retail on Greenwich, because right now valuable space is being devoted to "townhouses," vents, and parking garage entrances. — Erik Torkells on Seen & Heard: Independence Plaza Signage

That horse was flogged to death many years ago. The NYTimes mentioned in passing (re: the recent bombs) that the average Manhattan resident is photographed 200 times each day by surveillance cameras. You (we) live in a post-privacy world..... — Randy on More on Amazon’s Brookfield Place Store

This is ridiculous and so frustrating. I wish moderate conservatives (we know there are Trump supporters in Tribeca) would really stand up and vocally start criticizing this sort of insanity. The left can't say or do anything on this front to stop the conspiracy theory followers, but maybe those who supported the politicians who are fueling this might want to interject. — cami on Suspicious Package Found in the Tribeca Grill Building

so "big overhaul of the complex" means just the street level retail portion? and would that include the ps150 section of the building, too? this would explain they haven't rented any new retail in years. — safe as milk on Seen & Heard: Independence Plaza Signage

Westfield missed the mark in the initial presentations, they did not want to put anything with neighborhood style usage in the high traffic areas (like a trader joe or grocery or hardware or pharmacy) - only high end chains paying higher rents. Any retail that would be more residential friendly or more main stream would be pushed to the ends and sub levels. WTC Mall was great because you could go down at lunch or before you hopped on the subway and get birthday card, gifts and run some errands all in one place which included shopping at all levels. Westfield has no interest in that! Even Etaly was built without considering that there were residents with strollers who would want to shop there - they had to do a work around with their aisles and space. This makes me wonder if Brookfield limited the scope & scale of what could be sold at Amazon and if it will be more successful than other stores which look empty 70% of the time. — TM on Is Amazon Opening a Bookstore Here?

The article is behind a paywall, which you can get around by Googling the first words from the piece ("The irony isn't lost on gourmet food pioneer John Manos"). — Erik Torkells on Seen & Heard: Food Court at the World Trade Center Mall

Sounds like it has taken longer than expected for Market Lane NYC to come together: https://www.afr.com/business/retail/jones-the-grocer-pioneer-john-manos-takes-on-nyc-20170201-gu3ei2 — Matt on Seen & Heard: Food Court at the World Trade Center Mall

Stella and Vornado are the worst landlords!! I am sure you are aware. — native on Seen & Heard: Independence Plaza Signage