:-( I have shopped there since even before I moved into the neighborhood, when I was just a young thing. I remember going there back in 1975 when it was on the corner of W. Broadway and Reade. ALAS! — KP on Bell Bates Is Closing

That is very disappointing that they are closing - I go there every week. Love all the organic produce, food, cereals, vitamins and anything else in the store. Agree that Whole Foods is alright - but sad to be losing an independent business like this. — Matilde on Bell Bates Is Closing

I expected them to consolidate and rent half their space at some point. I'm surprised they are bowing out completely. They offer things that can't be found elsewhere, but were too big to be boutique and too small to compete with WF. I'm guessing another pre-school? — Dee Dee on Bell Bates Is Closing

;( Wish they had done something to distinguish themselves once Whole Foods stepped in (same with Bazzini). I really liked them. They just needed a point of difference and an evolution (i.e.: a GREAT juice bar maybe? A great Beauty bar with latest natural products, Vitamin experts, that really carry the latest products) You can't stay the same when the playing field changes. it's really sad. NYC is turning into a mall anyway. The mom and pops really will have a hard time staying around. — Valsusanna on Bell Bates Is Closing

This is actually a really great store with some knowledgeable employees working in the vitamins section. Whole Foods has its merits, but now it's starting to piss me off that all our local independent businesses are disappearing. I'm starting to sound like some of the old-timers on here! — StrollerlessTribecaHottie on Bell Bates Is Closing

Sad news. — Kelly on Bell Bates Is Closing

Too bad. So what will it become... a bank or a nail salon? — alee on Bell Bates Is Closing

Should be: you texting twerps would NOT be here to enjoy it! — doxie on Seen & Heard: Gym Discrimination

Dear Crazy: "Why are we subsidizing housing in the most expensive neighborhood in the United States? It’s asinine social engineering." Because if it weren't for people living here at IPN and founding this "most expensive neighborhood in the United States" you texting twerps would be here to enjoy it! — doxie on Seen & Heard: Gym Discrimination

Yes, I agree that phone manners and general business etiquette matter. If you're in a service business, responsiveness to customers or potential customers is what it's all about. I wouldn't deal with any business that does not respond to messages. Thanks for the heads-up about Steven Harris Architects. — sjw on In the News: The Conversion of 7 Harrison

Maybe the Pizza parlor will come back — George Bacon on RH Gallery Has Closed

I left the event with a little regret...at all the things I didn't have a chance to try! So many standouts, including Brushstroke, Khe-Yo, Tribeca Canvas, Duane Park Patisserie, Cosmopolitan Cafe, Smith & Mills (my first stop). I would go on, but then everyone will know why I'm looking a little thick around the middle... — Sarah on Tribeca’s Tastiest Day

Wonderful photos! — cami on Tribeca’s Tastiest Day

Thank goodness the security and maintenace staff at IPN don't follow the lead of their employers. They are as nice as can be. And their jobs are threatened on a regular basis. These aren't nice guys. The tenant dynamic at IPN should be applauded not ridiculed. You have a great diversity of people living there. Stellar Management offers none of their fair market tenants stability so they end up leaving 1-3 years later. They haven't yet caught on to their neighborhood rental moguls who offer a form of rental stabilization to their fair market tenants - at IPN they just tell them "we aren't renewing your lease." I love it when "newbies" come to a well established neighborhood and then wonder why they can't get rid of the old timers...remember when you had to walk a couple of blocks for a carton of milk? It was fun back then. A little ragged but cool as can be. Miss you Wetlands, my husband misses Area, and we're still wearing sack-cloth-and-ashes about Socrates! — Lisa on Seen & Heard: Gym Discrimination

Don't worry folks, you'll get used to it in about 5-10 yrs. Want to see what's in store for you? just take a walk (wait you can't walk through that area) down Park Row between Worth St and the Brooklyn Bridge to see what the NYPD has done to residents in this area. Be prepared to show your ID, have your guests, taxis, deliveries vetted before they are allowed through. Hey what is sacrificing a little bit of freedom for SECURITY!. At least you guys are hearing it first. in our case these eyesores were installed at night on a holiday weekend. After 4 years of legal battle nothing changed — al dente on In the News: World Trade Center Security Zone

Hmmm. Their print advertising has dwindled to almost nothing as well. — Carol Tanenbaum on Seen & Heard: J&R’s Consolidation Is Complete

"Neighbor Porn" by Arse Svenson — Buzz on The Voyeur Next Door

I am one of those who as a family makes under $152,000 and are paying almost $3000 to live in Tribeca Oh yeah I feel really blessed! Excuse me while I take my tongue out of my cheek — Dizzy on Seen & Heard: Gym Discrimination

And every time a street is blocked off, the traffic agents seem to get a perverse sense of pleasure in denying residents access to their own homes. — TribecaMom on In the News: World Trade Center Security Zone

Of course we need security. We live in a dangerous world. Residents and downtown workers and small business owners are constantly aware of this. What we hate, loathe and despise is being treated with contempt. We don't want to be lied to. The World Trade Center, and indeed everything in New York City, considers the real estate industry needs and tourism. Their financial situation is what pays for the city to exist. The fact that those sources will kill all of the reasons for living, working, playing, visiting the greatest city in the world hasn't made a dent. We simply build and plan for yesterday. Whenever, I read about the WTC, I automatically start humming that great Lerner and Loewe song, :I'm So Glad that I'm not Young Anymore" ... and then I feel so sorry for young people who won't know the joys of living without fear or beauty or even uselessness.. — betty on In the News: World Trade Center Security Zone

Now this is even covered in the German media http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/the-neighbours-aerger-in-new-york-ueber-fotos-von-voyeur-arne-svenson-a-900666.html — Dave on The Voyeur Next Door

People who live in glass houses should put up drapes if they don't want to be photographed. — Trollympian on The Voyeur Next Door

All this for ground security but what about the airspace. Everyone who lives in the neighborhood can see airliners flying along the Hudson a few blocks/seconds from the new WTC building everyday. So much for restricted airspace. — James on In the News: World Trade Center Security Zone

I've become sort of conditioned to "like" comments, though it's probably a silly affectation. Nonetheless, I'd like to "like" several of the comments here, a lot. "Asinine social engineering", indeed. I think someone needs a lesson in history and/or a dictionary. — David G. Imber on Seen & Heard: Gym Discrimination

Though I agree with the notion that visible police presence and security check points do not make for a cozy atmosphere, there's no doubt in my mind that NYPD has a very legitimate reason to impose such security sanctions around the WTC site. Nor do I think that just because we rebuild the WTC tower and the general area surrounding it, it is no longer a target for future attacks. On somewhat separate note, my suspicion is that without visible police presence and security scrutiny many of the high profile tenants such as Conde Nast, would have been more reluctant to move in. — Tony on In the News: World Trade Center Security Zone