Brookfield Place is doomed before it even opened. Can a 'mall' in manhattan really survive on lunch business? Why would anyone shop there when you can go to the 'real' versions of the same stores/restaurants in soho or midtown? — C2C on Is Amazon Opening a Bookstore Here?

It may surprise you to know that almost all sushi grade fish in NYC come in frozen with the exception of uni and some shellfish. The freezing kills the bacteria and a slushy called watermelon ice (just a food coloring) is added to enhance the flesh. — Mrs M on Seen & Heard: $500 Reward for Helping Cops With a Difficult Arrest

LOVE these! Thanks for sharing! I think photo #7 is more likely to be from the early 1990s. Stuy was completed in 1992 and Nelson Rockefeller park was done around the same time (I remember going to a friend's 8th bday picnic there on the first day it opened!), which you can see the curvy, landscaped end of on the right side. — R E on The Birth of Battery Park City

This program is actually sponsored by the sergeants' union, separate and distinct from the patrol officers' union. Their head, Ed Mullins, is arguably an egregious fellow. https://www.villagevoice.com/2016/11/02/remember-police-union-head-ed-mullins-is-a-noisy-troll/ https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jeff-sessions-police-union-award-nypd_us_5915e292e4b00f308cf4f571 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/07/nyregion/nypd-union-leader-ccrb-nyc.html — James Bogardus on Seen & Heard: $500 Reward for Helping Cops With a Difficult Arrest

One more thing (an edit function would sure be nice): my wife is the cook, and Japanese, so I'm sharing her opinions. She doesn't buy fish at Sunrise on Broome, but has at the E. Village main shop. However, selection is less reliable even there. — David G Imber on Seen & Heard: $500 Reward for Helping Cops With a Difficult Arrest

Sorry, I left part of my answer out but you get the idea. You should be able to find what you need on 32nd street, and I agree about Lobster Place, although prices are higher. — David G Imber on Seen & Heard: $500 Reward for Helping Cops With a Difficult Arrest

"Sushi Grade" isn't a standard, so it's hard to answer without specific context, but a lot of the fish at Hmart (formerly Han ah Rhum - sp?), the major Korean produce retailer. Seafood at their Palisades NJ flagship is exceptional - very fresh and expertly handled - and their outpost on 32nd Street is good, with a much more limited, packaged selection. — David G Imber on Seen & Heard: $500 Reward for Helping Cops With a Difficult Arrest

I think the best sushi grade fish comes from the Lobster Place in Chelsea Market. Next best would be the stuff from Sunrise Market on Broome Street. I've tried the stuff from the frozen section of Whole Foods and found it to be not very good. — KP on Seen & Heard: $500 Reward for Helping Cops With a Difficult Arrest

At least that explains the weather... — Susan on In the News: Cocaine Tonic

As they did here, and rightly so, DDC gets blamed for the lack of progress. Thus it is understandable IMO when they are terse, if not unpleasant, to neighbors holding up progress on the sidewalk work with their illegally installed sidewalk planters. — James on Seen & Heard: $500 Reward for Helping Cops With a Difficult Arrest

https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/06/nyregion/alternatives-to-jail-can-be-hard-labor-or-stroll-in-the-park.html — James Bogardus on In the News: Meryl Streep Listed Her Tribeca Penthouse

Ha! I blame the New Yorker for dredging it up and tweeting it this morning. Hate when publications tweet old stuff as if it's new. — Erik Torkells on In the News: Cocaine Tonic

FYI re: brisk - "This article appears in the print edition of the March 26, 2018, issue, with the headline 'He Said, She Said.'" — James Bogardus on In the News: Cocaine Tonic

Remember the vitriol and rage when the planned Department of Sanitation structures were announced on West and Spring? What a wonderful and good looking addition they make to our neighborhood. And we gave the South Bronx a break. — TG on In the News: Meryl Streep Listed Her Tribeca Penthouse

Formally detained people clean, scrub and maintain our river parks and streets all day and into the night. — TG on In the News: Meryl Streep Listed Her Tribeca Penthouse

Beautiful! Especially love the one of West Street. — SW on The Blurry City

depends what "focus" means. seems to me camera doing very fine job. — robert janz on The Blurry City

Serra's Tilted Arc on Foley Square's Federal Plaza provoked a reaction. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilted_Arc — James Bogardus on The Best Public Art Over the Years

The Twins </3 — Anthony on The Best Public Art Over the Years

This little guy... — Rohin on The Best Public Art Over the Years

I love the little bullfrog with tongue extended outside of PS 234 too .. Always makes me smile :) — Rohin on The Best Public Art Over the Years

Who finds the increased police activity in recent months to clean up the counterfeit seller situation a nicely timed 'coincidence' with this announcement...! — bluewhale on An Italian Food Hall Is Opening at Broadway and Canal

"In truth, Hudson Square is in Tribeca, or used to be. it was a park in the 19th century where the Holland Tunnel Exit is now.” Trinity Church developed that park in Tribeca as Hudson Square starting in 1807. By the time they sold 99-year leaseholds to the homes surrounding the park (instead of selling outright it took 20 years to sell these leaseholds), people called the park "St. John's Park" after the episcopal church located on its eastern side. So Trinity has a 200-year history of trying to foist the Hudson Square name on neighborhoods where it owns property. — James Bogardus on First Impressions: Trader Joe’s

Actually, it ISin SoHo. We who live north of Canal generally call the area to the west of the SoHo Historic district “SoHo” or “West SoHo” Only Trinity is pushing for Hudson Square, a marketing name they concocted in the 1990s. In truth, Hudson Square is in Tribeca, or used to be. it was a park in the 19th century where the Holland Tunnel Exit is now. Trinity Realty misappropriated the name. Trump SoHo is on Varick, most real estate projects in that area call it SoHo, SoHo Square is across the street, and numerous businesses there place themselves in SoHo, not Trinity’s chi-chi naming. Don’t be SQUARE: — SoHo Resident on First Impressions: Trader Joe’s

James...thank you for your insights on many of the topics here. I find your posts very helpful in understanding the issues raised. — Makes you go "hmmmm".... on Ghost Town: The 2018 Retail-Vacancy Report