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

It is not clear who exactly is the landlord here who refused to renew the lease. Per ACRIS in 2007 this commercial unit was deeded to (i.e., bought by) "EDAER VENTURES, LLC," with "Linda Rowe" signing as a manager of the LLC. There is no new deed since. "Linda Rowe" signed a 2017 mortgage on the premises as one (1) of two (2) "managing members" of the LLC, per ACRIS. NYS Dept of State still lists "Linda Rowe" as the DOS process recipient for the LLC, an active entity. — James on Support by Design Is Closing After 20 Years

So sad. This place has helped so many children in need of their services. To bad the landlord can’t find it in their hearts to have hem stay. Yet again another one to add to the graveyard wasteland of “for rent” in Tribeca. This one truly breaks my heart. — Sandra on Support by Design Is Closing After 20 Years

That’s awful. My son had such a great experience there. The neighborhood needs them. — Lisa on Support by Design Is Closing After 20 Years

That ice cream cart in front of the former Silver Spurs is swank. — KP on Seen & Heard: Downstairs at Roman and Williams Guild

Good idea about the ashtray. A very local solution, at least, to a larger problem. If only smokers would refrain from using the streets of the city (not to mention the roof and yards of our building) as their ashtray. Why aren't anti-littering laws enforced? Residents in our building find cigarette butts every day in their yards, terraces, and on the roof. Apparently flung out of neighboring building windows (since no one in our building smokes), not even stubbed out first. Not only is this filthy, it's just asking for a fire. — Marcus on Seen & Heard: Downstairs at Roman and Williams Guild

Agreed. Especially the people who live and work right near where these counterfeiters set up "shop". — Marcus on Seen & Heard: Zutto’s Reopening Date

I first and fourth that ;) — Matt on Manhatta Is Taking Reservations

Everyone in this community needs to make sure that these hooligans selling counterfeit goods and ruining our streets are not allowed to come back. If you see something, send a message to the police immediately. If everyone does this, we can solve the problem. — Sally on Seen & Heard: Zutto’s Reopening Date

Good to know, Erik. Thank you. Still no counterfeiters out there today. However, I was confronted by the usual peddlers blocking the subway entrance, flashing pages of photos of questionable "goods". — Marcus on Seen & Heard: Zutto’s Reopening Date

How the dog park maintains its standards is reflected in how well dog owners uphold standards in other public spaces--most notably the sidewalks. Most dog owners are great at picking up and having their dogs relieve themselves at the curb, not the middle of the sidewalk. It only takes a tiny percentage of owners not picking up to impact hundreds and maybe thousands of pedestrians who have to experience a single open air dog waste. — cami on In the News: City Winery Has 17 Months

26 Thomas Street — Jim Smithers on Where in Tribeca…?

The NYPD seems to have responded to a complaint on Twitter. If you're on Twitter, you can try that—the 1st Precinct is at @NYPD1Pct—next time you see peddlers. Alternatively, try reaching out directly to the two Neighborhood Coordination Officers assigned to Tribeca: Dinah Bodden (917-860-2601, dinah.bodden@nypd.org) and Joseph Milone (929-284-0996, joseph.milone@nypd.org). — Erik Torkells on Seen & Heard: Zutto’s Reopening Date

Good news about the counterfeit seller crackdown. Does this also extend to the lurking "sellers" around the subway stations? Any idea why the sudden crackdown, when police have been so laissez-faire about this issue for so long? I'm glad it's happening but am curious to the reason for the change...and hope it lasts. — Marcus on Seen & Heard: Zutto’s Reopening Date

"Gitano [...] racked up a total of 206 violation points in an inspection this week, leading the Health Department to close it down. Violations related to refrigeration, sewage disposal, bathroom issues, and more.” http://www.grubstreet.com/2018/07/doh-shutters-new-tropical-hot-spot-near-the-holland-tunnel.html — James on First Impressions: Gitano

At 2 Hudson Trinity already has city approval to build "a 430-foot-tall, 300,000-square-foot residential building [... on] a plot framed by Sixth Avenue and Canal, Grand and Varick streets. The property will include a 444-seat public school at its base." Why would they ever give up that long-sought approval to start from scratch for a different use and user? http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20141103/REAL_ESTATE/141039945/trinity-to-erect-apartment-towers — James on The High Cost of Disney’s Move to Hudson Square