Thanks, Charlie. And you are right, but you need less of it when the sun is out and you're not in a hurry. — Pam Frederick on Seen & Heard: Best landscaped bike path downtown

Anyone know if Chobani is really closing vs renovating? — T on In the News: Sweetgreen will take your cash

Love the pics, words, vibe (though I might have said, Have your bell *and patience* handy). So nice. — Komanoff on Seen & Heard: Best landscaped bike path downtown

Wow that was the most annoying and millenial website for a new building I've ever seen. Reminded me of the failed pitch in "13 going on 30". — N on Going rogue on Chambers Street

@FOWP It would be wonderful for kids to run on green grass and fish in the river and bike on the streets. But this is New York City in 2019 where the rivers are grossly polluted, the streets filled with unsafe traffic, and the grass doesn’t grow properly — particularly here given the funky drainage. Your faux- idealism is costing our kids at least 1/6 of the year using this field and 1/3 of the warm months of year. They see and play on grass in Central or Prospect Park — 20 minutes away. Or countless other places. Why should they have to cross the highway where multiple pedestrians have been killed to have a catch? Open the field, put down some turf and call it a successful day of providing public access to a public park instead of a 1% out of touch solution. This is not the sole oasis of grass in this city but it is the closest ball field for our kids to play on. — Concerned on Rolling out the green carpet (and a bit of red)

I saw Tamarind have guys installing signs to the scaffolding on both the Franklin and Hudson sides of their space. A waiter told me they’ve been told it will be up for a minimum of 6 months. — Julie on Shed Report: When one window opens, a door slams shut

The shed at 90 West Broadway looks like an Urban Umbrella. (Their offices are at 145 Hudson Street.) https://www.urbanumbrella.com — James on Shed Report: When one window opens, a door slams shut

No requirement with 8 apartments. City's Housing Maintenance Code: "a building of 9 apartments or more" State's Multiple Dwelling Law: "a dwelling with thirteen or more tenants" — James on Going rogue on Chambers Street

With 8 apartments, are they required to have a live in Super? If not, and no doorman, what a fascinating definition of “luxury.” — A on Going rogue on Chambers Street

Congestion pricing will greatly diminish downtown traffic by reducing the number of car and truck trips into lower Manhattan via the three now-free bridges from Brooklyn. More on that here: https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2018/12/28/op-ed-varick-street-crossing-guards-are-telling-a-tale-of-congestion-pricing/. If you want to go even deeper, download the Sam Schwartz study linked to in that post. — Komanoff on In the News: Sweetgreen will take your cash

Goodbye Tribeca Tap House and to the three weeks of paychecks you bounced on my daughter. She is a hard working college student that relied on her pay to offset some of her school expenses. Thanks Nick — Jayne Smith on Seen & Heard: Tribeca Tap House has closed

Yes, I have this question, too. I believe we still have to petition the powers that be to enforce traffic laws against matters like: - blocking the intersection "box" - blocking pedestrian walkways - running red lights - speeding - non-emergency honking and so on. All of this seems to have become much worse in just the past few years. I don't know if any such issues are covered in the congesting pricing legislation; probably not since these are separate free-standing laws. Canal Street in particular feels like a depressing lawless zone, between the Mad Mad style of driving and all the fake "vendors" blocking the sidewalks. — Marcus on In the News: Sweetgreen will take your cash

Especially since it's a Five and Dime! — Marcus on In the News: Sweetgreen will take your cash

You can go to Pier 25 for artificial turf. In my opinion, it would be an abomination to put plastic grass at Washington Market Park. That park has gorgeous natural plantings which are what makes the park so special... — Natural is Better on Rolling out the green carpet (and a bit of red)

You don’t think it’s wonderful for children to have fresh grass to play on? There are plenty of turf areas in the neighborhood- a true real grass lawn truly makes the park our own backyard!! — FoWMP Board Member on Rolling out the green carpet (and a bit of red)

It is Parks Department property. The sod decision was made because the lawn used to be closed from Nov. 1 to May 1 to grow grass from seed. — Pam Frederick on Rolling out the green carpet (and a bit of red)

I have a question regarding congestion pricing: what effect will it have on tunnel traffic in Tribeca since it is unclear whether or not incoming tunnel traffic will be required to pay an additional fee after having paid the tunnel fee. Will it mollify Canal Street and Church/6th avenue traffic? I've been trying to cross 6th and White for over 40 years without cars busses and trucks blocking the crosswalks and intersection. — Heide Fasnacht on In the News: Sweetgreen will take your cash

I wish the Five and Dime in the Woolworth building would take cash and not just credit or debit cards. — Sara Ross on In the News: Sweetgreen will take your cash

Space for Chobani yogurt bar inside Target Tribeca location is under going renovation. Also a wine store is coming to the former Game Stop space on Greenwich. — TribecaMom on In the News: Sweetgreen will take your cash

YES to wider sidewalks! They were once far wider....Narrowing them was a mistaken vision of progress, prioritizing cars over pedestrians. The New York of 2016 Needs the Wide, Generous Sidewalks of 1906 https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2016/07/01/the-new-york-of-2016-needs-the-wide-generous-sidewalks-of-1906/ — Marcus on In the News: Sweetgreen will take your cash

We need this place, and places like it, that are not just beholden to the sacred God of PROFIT. What should be there instead? Notice that we have so many empty first-floor storefronts anyway. This is a temple to music. “Without music, life would be a mistake.” - Nietzsche — Marcus on Archive of Contemporary Music hanging by a vinyl thread

With all due respect Carly, I didn’t realize that the diversity of our neighborhood, for which I moved here, would eventually be homogenized by “practicality.” Honestly, I find that attitude disappointing. Perhaps you don’t appreciate the original population, architecture, institutions, grit and quiet of our neighborhood. I live on Franklin st and I walk by ARC regularly and stop to check out their window display. I consider that to be exactly what I want in this neighborhood (practical? I guess a good he blue jeans stores on Broadway are more practical since they sell what’s in their windows - bleck). I guess I need to get more comfortable with the fact that your attitude is what lives next door to me - and I need to fight harder to keep “practical” from destroying the history and uniqueness of my neighborhood. — The Black Squirrel on Archive of Contemporary Music hanging by a vinyl thread

Mr. Right is not the only self important Chief of State. When all the world's deluded Commanders start to seriously compete for title of Rightest of All there will be nothing left. — robert janz on Where in Tribeca?

I strongly question the judgment of resodding this field year after year. It takes the field out of commission for a full-two months (prep work and then waiting for sod roots to take hold) during the spring and into early summer. Our community and its children would be far better served having an artificial turf field open year-round. Who makes this decision? — Concerned on Rolling out the green carpet (and a bit of red)

Stores like ACM create a uniqueness to the neighborhood that is swiftly retreating with landlords/real estate trusts preferring chains, big banks and the like - this was a place of varied affordability for commercial, retail and residences but each conversion chips away at the style and feel of what made it so popular...now corporate & landlords prefer to keep retail empty if they cannot get the price versus keeping the streetscape alive with small businesses. We do not need another bank or fast food chain. — TM on Archive of Contemporary Music hanging by a vinyl thread