you should follow erik's links before you criticize his research. from the realdeal.com: "The complaint doesn’t specifically name Swift, but includes Firefly Entertainment, 13 Management and Euro Tribeca — an LLC that she’s used on her previous real estate transactions — as defendants. The lawsuit notes that Firefly and 13 Management — both companies affiliated with Swift — acted on behalf of a “famous celebrity.”" — safe as milk on In the News: Is This Why Taylor Swift Bought the Townhouse Next Door?

Umm.... Maybe she just liked the place? — dave on In the News: Is This Why Taylor Swift Bought the Townhouse Next Door?

The number of newspapers and websites that have published this information is tremendous. http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Where+does+Taylor+Swift+live+in+new+York nypost, time, curbed, vogue, variety, in style, elle, ny daily news, uk telegraph, uk daily mail, nymag, business insider, observer, pinterest, glamour, etc. — James on In the News: Is This Why Taylor Swift Bought the Townhouse Next Door?

She has been photographed hundreds of times entering and leaving the building. It’s far from a secret. — Erik Torkells on In the News: Is This Why Taylor Swift Bought the Townhouse Next Door?

Why on earth did Taylor Swift buy an apt in a "non doorman" building like 155 Franklin? She can easily buy in a doorman building that has an underground garage which would completely shield her from everyone. It's as though by buying this apt she WANTS the fans and paparazzi to be waiting out front! Any other explanation just makes no sense! When I first saw she bought at 155 Franklin this immediately came to mind. Any opinions on this? — Bruce on In the News: Is This Why Taylor Swift Bought the Townhouse Next Door?

I know this site is moderated. You don't have to print this if you don/t want, but I do strongly suggest that you don't publish details of famous people's homes such as Andy does--how she gets in and out of her building. Swift has a Stalker who hangs out inside her building, on the roof, etc. Nice of Andy to help him out? I'm sure other famous people might have similar problems. I don't believe it's necessary for your journalistic integrity to print information to help stalkers. — Harry Nelson on In the News: Is This Why Taylor Swift Bought the Townhouse Next Door?

The construction might be possible but getting the city to approve a curb cut can be very difficult. — Makes You Go Hmmm.... on In the News: Is This Why Taylor Swift Bought the Townhouse Next Door?

“Is This Why Taylor Swift Bought the House Next Door?” That implies that she got out of paying the large commission, which is untrue, and maligns here character. Elliman’s recourse for commission can only be with the listing broker, not the buyer. has is with the broker, not Swift. Swift paid her commission, over one million dollars. It’s the brokers who are in dispute, not uncommon. Elliman should be arbitrating the dispute against the broker.x It would be nice if you did some research. — Harry nelson on In the News: Is This Why Taylor Swift Bought the Townhouse Next Door?

Ha! I went over to take a fresh photo and I never even looked at the doors. But I don't think it's that tough of a change to convert the left bay of windows to a garage door (and demolish interior walls to make room for a car). — Erik Torkells on In the News: Is This Why Taylor Swift Bought the Townhouse Next Door?

153 Franklin doesn't have a garage (despite what the facade looks like on Franklin) it maybe did at one time- but the floorplans show that that street level area is a parlor/screening room now. So she'd have to get it approved to convert to a garage..and then the above mentioned access to 155? That's a tough one (IMO) I know she occasionally uses an entrance on Leonard St (she takes the elevator down to the basement of 155 and walks through a connecting door and up a flight of stairs) — Andy on In the News: Is This Why Taylor Swift Bought the Townhouse Next Door?

We bought motorized solar shades from Innovation Shades last year and they were great to deal with. I highly recommend them. — SW on A New Shade Showroom on Hudson Street

Really? You are finding offence where none exists. BPCrez never said not implied that the emptiness at NEG had anything to do with a woman taking charge. He was just stating a fact - one which has been apparent with the current leadership, not the new one. — APB on New Chefs at Racines and North End Grill

Ate at Racine’s last night. The food was delicious (so much so that my companion and I “forgot” to offer each other a taste) and a wonderful wine was chosen for us. People should go before the current chef leaves! — APB on New Chefs at Racines and North End Grill

ur joking right...who said it had anything to do with the chef being replaced? its been emptier and emptier all year. I even refer to him realizing that for why he is leaving. Would have commented on any NEG post with the above no matter who replaced him — BPCrez on New Chefs at Racines and North End Grill

The building was listed for sale last March at $13,500,000. https://tribecacitizen.wpengine.com/2017/03/22/in-the-news-tetsu-opening-forecast/ It's now listed for $11,900,000. — James on Spotlight: Souths

After living in TriBeCa for 11 years, I recently moved uptown(for the same reasons mentioned in this article). I used to order from Souths all the time and really miss the joint! Their macaroni and cheese is by far my favorite item on the menu. I do hope this place stays around for a while, and doesn't get priced out. — HH on Spotlight: Souths

Why haven't I gone in? I feel like you are either a Souths person or a Walkers person, and somehow Walkers has become my place when I want to scratch that "itch". Whether correct or not, they feel like they fulfill the same need for me. Maybe I will try South's sometime for a change. You asked! — verdang on Spotlight: Souths

South's is the best! I have never had better nachos anywhere. We would go with our baby in the stroller and the staff was always great in accommodating us. Never had a bad meal or bad experience there. — Brett on Spotlight: Souths

That's an incredibly cynical take on the new leadership at NEG. Because a man leaves and a woman takes over the place is falling apart?! I see the change as fabulous, welcome news - to not only have a new culinary perspective coming to a great local spot but a female executive chef - a true rarity, even now. As a NEG regular, I have come to know Emily Brekke as dynamic and engaging - and a top notch talent. I think this is a sign of great things to come for NEG. — FidiFem on New Chefs at Racines and North End Grill

...a much-loved longstanding joke, I might add. — Will Meyerhofer on Both Locations of François Payard Bakery Have Closed

I welcome some color - no reason buildings have to all be dull grey or brown or just white. — Will Meyerhofer on Red Terra Cotta Facade Proposed for Canal Street

South's is A+ in my book. Been going for almost 5 years now. Amazing bison burger! Almost all the food is well priced, well seasoned and service is always good. — R.C. on Spotlight: Souths

The interesting question is whether congestion pricing will apply to the thousands of cars parked in neighborhood with city, state and federal placards (some may even be genuine) that exempt them from parking tickets. — Peter Rose on In the News: Tribeca Mom Getting Some on the Side

I am shocked (SHOCKED!) that Charles Urstadt says he wants to fill in more of the Hudson River. He's dined out on that old, never-gonna-happen idea for decades. Downtown Express, March 2010: "But another of Urstadt’s proposals — to extend the landfill up from Chambers St. to Canal St. — came much closer to happening than many people realize. “'I, in fact, recommended that,' said [Sandy] Frucher, the president of the B.P.C. Authority from 1984 to 1988. "Frucher saw Lower Manhattan’s fledgling residential community and realized that the neighborhood needed more large park spaces. Frucher would have split the 200 new acres north of Battery Park City evenly between parks and residential development. He saw full-size fields for Stuyvesant High School, and enough new residents to build real community services for the surrounding neighborhood. "Frucher still describes the idea with enthusiasm and said he agrees with Urstadt that it could work today. Back in the ’80s, the proposal got tied up in the environmental debate over Westway, which was never implemented. Another obstacle today is the fact that the Hudson River Park Trust is rebuilding Piers 25 and 26, stretching out into the water right where Urstadt and Frucher see apartments and playing fields. “'There’s no point rebuilding piers no ships are ever going to use,'” Urstadt said when reminded of the Hudson River Park project. 'What’s the point of a long skinny finger sticking out in the river, when you could put something where kids can play soccer or softball?'” NY Times, March 2009: "OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR The Bigger Apple By CHARLES J. URSTADT [...] "Develop 50 more acres of landfill in the Hudson River on the West Side, north of Battery Park City. The cost of the landfill, as well as of the public park and recreational spaces that would be part of the new area, could be reimbursed from ground rents and Pilot payments collected from private developers. I have been advocating this additional landfill project for some time and have been faced with the bogus argument that it would kill the fish. "But fish actually prefer the nooks and crannies of the rock formations surrounding Battery Park City’s north marina to the murky silt that was under the rotting piers that we removed to develop the area. The building of a new bulkhead would use large rocks to shore up the concrete wall and between these rocks fish could lay eggs. (And to my knowledge, not a single fish was killed as we filled the original 92 acres of Battery Park City.)" NY Times, October 2007: "Developers have long argued that you cannot go wrong buying waterfront land because no more is being created. But Charles J. Urstadt’s dream is to extend Lower Manhattan a little bit farther into the Hudson River. "Having overseen the creation of the landfill in the 1960s that became Battery Park City, Mr. Urstadt believes it can be done again. And he refuses to drop the idea, no matter how far-fetched others may find it. "Mr. Urstadt, who was the first chairman of the Battery Park City Authority after it was created in 1968 and is now its vice chairman, has for years been advocating the potential benefits of adding 40 or 50 acres to Lower Manhattan. As a champion of filling in more of the river, he has stood nearly alone and attracted scant notice. [...] "Richard N. Gottfried, an assemblyman from Manhattan who sponsored the Hudson River Park Act, called Mr. Urstadt’s idea 'outrageous.' He said that law prohibited using landfill in the river between Battery Park City and 59th Street. “'This idea keeps rising from its coffin,' Mr. Gottfried said. [...] "[Urstadt] served as chairman of the state authority that was created to develop and run Battery Park City from late 1968 until 1978. Gov. George E. Pataki then reappointed him to the authority’s board in 1998, a perch he has used as a platform for his campaign for more landfill. [...] "A few weeks ago, however, when he was on his way to meet with Mr. Whelan at City Hall, Mr. Urstadt spotted a formidable obstacle. The Hudson River Park Trust had begun rebuilding Piers 25 and 26, which extend into the Hudson just north of Battery Park City. "Mr. Urstadt said he immediately recognized that this development posed a problem for his plan, but not an insurmountable one. The simple solution, he said, would be to shift the site of the landfill several blocks to the north. "So, on the fly, he decided the landfill would have to be between the rebuilt piers and Pier 40, near Houston Street. It would cross over the Holland Tunnel tubes, but Mr. Urstadt did not flinch because Battery Park City sits atop the tubes of the PATH train." NY Post, August 2007: "BATTERY PARK CITY: GREEN CASH COW By Charles J. Urstadt [...] "NEW York City will soon have more parks than it can afford, but there’s a clear way to finance them – expand Battery Park City. "The independent Regional Plan Association recently reported that the upkeep cost of the new waterfront parkland now in the works throughout the city will be $100 million a year. (These parks will be high-maintenance, thanks to corrosion and other upkeep issues.) The city now spends $350 million a year to operate all of its parks, so that means a 28 percent rise in park costs. "The Hudson River Park, the narrow recreational strip running from the Battery all the way up to Midtown along West Street, is emblematic. The cost of building it (that, too, is higher for waterfront parks) is already starting to cast a cloud over the project. As maintenance costs add to the tab in the coming years, keeping this oasis from becoming an eyesore will require a lot more cash. "Yet, if you stand in this park, you can literally see a solution – a way not only to pay for the Hudson River facility, but also to help fund the upkeep of all New York City parks for years to come. "Look south: It’s Battery Park City. "AS Holmes never tired of telling Dr. Watson, it’s elementary: Extend Battery Park City 2,000 feet north – from its present edge at Chambers Street to Canal Street. This would add 50 acres for parks, housing and other uses to the already 100-acre mixed-use project." The Slatin Report, October 2005: "[...] Floating the idea in a speech at a dinner in his honor – and on his 77th birthday – held by the Steven L. Newman Institute, Urstadt then called on the city and state to extend the existing Battery Park City another 2,000 feet to the north. Urstadt put the cost of such an exercise at $300 million, barely denting the profits from the net lease of the original property. [...]" — James on In the News: Bonkers Plan to Woo Amazon

If those NIMBYs don't want their apartments anymore I'm happy to take them off their hands. — Jeff on In the News: Plaza Redesign Threatens Food Carts