Perhaps reading the deed would help you to gain a bigger picture. Will Suarez if he would, might also help to fill you in. Sounds like you have not done your homework. Also it is curious to think if a tenant such as Support By Design is not able to meet their rent then how would Edaer Ventures pay the mortgage and expenses? We knew back in 2015 that the space was not working out for us and tried desperately to make decisions to change the course. That's where Will Suarez Might shed some light. More importantly ...Yes Chatty Child would also be a great practice to take on our cases! Hats off to Heather! — Linda Rowe on Support by Design Is Closing After 20 Years

I believe the developer who lives in the building is the owner of the commercial space. Very sad to see them go as I have always heard they provided a steadfast service for children. Going way back it was a car rental and a handy one at that! — TG on Support by Design Is Closing After 20 Years

Hooligans? Really Sally? That is a bit off - they are poor immigrants trying to make a living. And don't for one second claim that luxury designers are not the biggest thieves around. They have been stealing from each other and from people on the streets for decades. So you don't like them there - I get it but back off with your negative assumptions on who these people actually are. So you are on your bandwagon Erik - go for it but it is distasteful for some. I wish you would stick to plastic bags in trees. — TG on Seen & Heard: Zutto’s Reopening Date

It really hurts the retails stores in the area. People that sell clothing or similar merchandise (even a block away) get grouped in as knock-off product. Further, because of this several stores will not want to be in the area. There is a reason no name brand store from SoHo come pass Canal Street. Then as a domino affect, having a bunch of vacant stores hurts the local retailers. Secondly, people that live and work nearby now must deal with crowded sidewalks and illegal vendors. Not exactly a place you want to call home. Lastly, although some tourists do not mind, young kids are intimidated by this. I have heard stories of kids offered drugs by these vendors friends that sit with them. — Josh on Seen & Heard: The 1st Precinct Steps Up

Based on this info, sure sounds like a self-inflicted wound. There would not be a lease or a landlord if they indeed owned the commercial unit. — SW on Support by Design Is Closing After 20 Years

I'll fifth it! — Will Meyerhofer on Manhatta Is Taking Reservations

There are no other deeds filed since on ACRIS. Maybe one is to be filed shortly because the premises were sold by the occupants, but it seems to me that that would hardly be fairly described as a long-term tenant being dispossessed by the "landlord" as most readers would think about it. — James on Support by Design Is Closing After 20 Years

The vendors weren't bothering anyone. What's the big deal? Plenty of people look through their stuff and purchase something. Mainly tourists. — Parks on Seen & Heard: The 1st Precinct Steps Up

Here's the 2017 mortgage tax affidavit: https://a836-acris.nyc.gov/DS/DocumentSearch/DocumentImageView?doc_id=2017012600216007&sup_page=20 — James on Support by Design Is Closing After 20 Years

Ok. Here's the 2007 Real Property Transfer Report that accompanied the deed, showing the buyer in the lower left corner. https://a836-acris.nyc.gov/DS/DocumentSearch/DocumentImageView?doc_id=2007030701056001&sup_page=9 — James on Support by Design Is Closing After 20 Years

We are very saddened to hear about the closing of SBD. We are here to service the TriBeCa community. We are a wonderful personalized therapeutic center 2 blocks away named — Chatty Child. Chatty Child provides SP/OT/PT. Chatty Child accepts RSA, EI, and private pay. Please contact us if you need support for the upcoming school year: Info@chattychild.com or chattychild.com. — Heather Boerner on Support by Design Is Closing After 20 Years

Done. Note the impressive hand work. — Erik Torkells on Seen & Heard: Il Mulino Opens Tonight

Link to the unboxing video, please? Or at least a screenshot so we can see the box? — KP on Seen & Heard: Il Mulino Opens Tonight

I hate that people flick their still lit cigarettes on the street. Not only does it litter and look awful, I have a puppy, and she trys to eat everything! Im afraid that one day she might just pick up on one of these lit butts. — Susan Cohn on Seen & Heard: Downstairs at Roman and Williams Guild

I was walking through the neighborhood around 10-11pm Thursday night and was pleased to see how many people were out and about along West Broadway, N Moore and Greenwich Street. Seems like there is a nightlife revival going on with so many great additions to the neighborhood recently (Frenchette, soon Il Mulino and now another spot that sounds great from the folks behind Terra, who have a number of great places throughout the city). — tribeca16 on Terra’s Sister Restaurant Will Likely Open This Week

Had dinner there this past Sunday. I realize that they just opened, but having to wait 30 minutes just to get our drinks to come to our table is inexcusable. They definitely need more staff and to get their act together. — Susan Cohn on New Kid on the Block: Seamore’s

Thank you all for your kindness over the past 20 years that we have served this community. As far as ownership perhaps the better story is looking at the deed. — Linda Rowe on Support by Design Is Closing After 20 Years

I moved to NYC 40 years ago, it was like that then, it's still like that I love the police comment "thank you for being our eyes and ears, we now have that on our radar" lol it's been there for 40 years lol. — Larry Camp on Seen & Heard: The 1st Precinct Steps Up

Thanks James, that is my understanding as well, they own the unit. — R on Support by Design Is Closing After 20 Years

Good job about the vendors. Yes, this is a continual process until the scourge is gone. Why don't the police just make it a regular stop when they have no other pressing priorities during the day? All the fake goods should be confiscated also. — Marcus on Seen & Heard: The 1st Precinct Steps Up

What "greedy landlord"? This is a condo unit apparently owned by a company owned by the owners of the therapy business who occupy said condo unit, according to public records. (See above.) In that light, the quoted farewell letter may be a more palatable yetb less candid explanation for the closure. — James on Support by Design Is Closing After 20 Years

This is so sad for the families and the neighborhood. We went here this year for OT and it made a world of difference in supporting my son through kindergarten. It also meant not having to travel and leave downtown. Greedy landlords strike again. — Christina M on Support by Design Is Closing After 20 Years

They may not have been able to use Urban Umbrella at 19 Murray Street because Urban Umbrella could not support a pipe scaffold on top for a full re-coating of the entire facade. The photo of 19 Murray shows both a 1-story sidewalk shed and a pipe scaffold sitting on top of the sidewalk shed. The sidewalk shed protects pedestrians while the pipe scaffold above gives the construction workers access to the facade to perform repairs. (Buildings with a sidewalk shed but without a pipe scaffold are either using a hanging or suspended scaffold for point-specific repairs to bricks, windows, etc., or they are not under repair themselves but are only adjacent to a building undergoing repairs and must by law have the neighbor's sidewalk shed extended in front of them--5 feet long if they abut a neighbor undergoing facade repair less than 100 feet tall or 20 feet long if they abut such a neighbor 100 feet tall or taller.) On January 25 2016--in an article entitled 'Scaffolds,scaffolds everywhere'--Crain's New York Business wrote, "It doesn't help that the Urban Umbrella experiment was a bust. Great as it looked--Mayor Bloomberg called it the shed for the 21st century--contractors said it didn't fit well into the city's busy sidewalks, couldn't support scaffolding and cost twice as much as a conventional shed." They apparently went to Toronto for re-engineering and, like a Broadway musical, some out-of-town previews. That said, it is still not clear that Urban Umbrella is now capable of supporting scaffolding on top of its sidewalk shed. In the July 9, 2018 issue of Crain's New York Business--in an article entitled "Let there be light"--this 2016 problem was noted again, stating, "the design [...] didn't meet mandatory weight-bearing requirements sufficient to support scaffolding." Nowhere in the article does it say that this problem has now been resolved. (Having a traditional wood plank and metal pipe scaffold above would also negate the advantage of sunlight being able to shine through the translucent deck of an Urban Umbrella during the day.) Anyway, here's their August 2017 rendering of what could have been at 19 Murray St. Note the absence of a pipe scaffold above the sidewalk shed in the rendering, unlike real life here. https://www.instagram.com/p/BXa9vt0lkbw/ — James on Seen & Heard: The 1st Precinct Steps Up

This is such sad news. Linda and Betty and all the therapists at Support By Design have been a cornerstone of the neighborhood. They helped all of my kids and many of their friends so much through the years. — Jen on Support by Design Is Closing After 20 Years

On Saturday July 14, the vendors were back on the street in the same location. Canal/Broadway all intersections on sidewalks. All day. — A. B. on Seen & Heard: The 1st Precinct Steps Up