Still mourning the loss of bFlat. Are these owners affiliated with that establishment? If this is a serviceable replacement it will be a very good addition to the neighborhood. — Matt on The owner of Shigure sake bar will open on Walker

The more people out the safer it will be, it's common sense. You're just anti business and should move out of NYC if you've got your panties in a bunch about NYC noise. — nyc4ever on The owner of Shigure sake bar will open on Walker

Thank you for posting the Henry Flynt video...I did a search and found a series of his videos discussing numerous NYC locations, some others of which are in the neighborhood: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2ECD528CC3398AEB — Marcus on Recollections of Yoko Ono on Chambers Street

I was surprised as well. The vote was not unanimous, but I think the committee members were swayed by the bar's lawyer, who argued that the operator had changed his ways and that things would be better this time. The hotel has raised its rates and I guess now they are on the lookout for armed guests! — Tribeca Citizen on Seen & Heard: Plans for redesigning Rockefeller Park

Nothing good happens after 12AM, especially in NYC now, no reason for it to be open any later — Sarah on The owner of Shigure sake bar will open on Walker

Nice quiet restaurants and drinking establishments can't stay open after 11:00pm, yet the Bd. approves this liquor license. What am I missing here? — G on Seen & Heard: Plans for redesigning Rockefeller Park

"Sounds" great...I'm all for more jazz in the neighborhood. I hope they will consider bringing in live jazz, even of the quietest and mellowest variety (if the concern is noise disturbing neighbors). It's great that we have gems like the Roxy and the Django and other spots featuring live jazz in the area, but I'd say, the more the merrier! Let's have a new downtown jazz scene flourishing here. — Marcus on The owner of Shigure sake bar will open on Walker

This is nothing short of wonderful. Thank you - again - for all you do. What a remarkable window into the storied stories of a truly original New York neighbourhood. Nourishing insights, all. — SB on Recollections of Yoko Ono on Chambers Street

And updated on their Facebook page too: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=509904420928354&set=a.202912034960929 — James S on The Patriot has gone dark

It's officially closed. Posted a lengthy letter on the door today thanking the community and not-so-subtly suggesting that the elected officials on the neighborhood were at least in part to blame. This is a real loss, IMO. The Patriot was a old school neighborhood institution and one of the few remaining bars with some real character (and not to mention being genuinely affordable). — James S on The Patriot has gone dark

New sign n the door. The Patriot is closed for good. — Local on In the News: 55 Broad will convert to residential

I enjoyed the Patriot. It was never as wild or fun as Village Idiot or Hogs, but nice relaxing place to get cheap beers and bar food after work on a Friday evening. If they are looking for a new location with possibly cheaper rent, I noticed the former Holland Bar location on 9th Ave is for lease. — Ben NYC DIVE BARS on The Patriot has gone dark

Video from 2008: 112 Chambers St., Yoko Ono loft, 1 of 3 on Vimeo https://vimeo.com/1483049 — James on The Patriot has gone dark

Popeye's was next door to the west. You can still see the little red awning detail. — James on The Patriot has gone dark

View in 1999: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bc3bede1-6b6a-cebb-e040-e00a18064596 — James on The Patriot has gone dark

Here is a comparison tool which allows listing the stances on various issues of the governor candidates: https://www.gothamgazette.com/state/11380-compare-democratic-republican-candidates-governor-plans — Marcus on (The first) Primary Day is next week

The Patriot was Popeyes for awhile. I drew and painted every store front on that block and it was Popeyes — diannetalan on The Patriot has gone dark

What a shame . It was a great place love it — Bill costello on The Patriot has gone dark

After a hugely successful tenure in Congress in the 1970s, Holtzman was robbed of a Senate seat in 1980, which would have spared NY that moron D'Amato. In the later 1980s, despite having bounced back to serve with distinction as the first woman elected to demanding but unglamorous local offices -- Brooklyn DA and NYC Comptroller -- she was overshadowed by the less accomplished Ferraro, who by then had a bigger national profile, and the 1992 Senate race primary was a disaster for them both. Had she won the Senate in 1980, there might easily have been a Majority Leader, Vice President or President Holtzman. As AOC has acknowledged, Holtzman was her 36 years earlier, and she should endorse (as she did the elder Markey in MA in 2020). Holtzman is the same age or younger than the current Democratic House leadership. This is not ego, this is someone who has earned going back to Congress, and will work tirelessly. — Jonathan on An update on the race for the 10th Congressional District

Tavern on Reade formerly Spaghetti Western & Maxwells. — Tribeca Mom on The Patriot has gone dark

Great list, those are all solid spots! Nancy and Puffy's especially are still very wallet friendly. Fingers crossed they all stick around! Sad every time a local watering hole shuts down. — JB on The Patriot has gone dark

Puffy's, Nancy Whiskey, Mudville, Walker's, Monk McGinn's, Greenwich Street Tavern, The Hideaway -- all still going strong. Did I miss anyone? — Tribeca Citizen on The Patriot has gone dark

These units are bargain priced in part because it is NOT a condominium. 450 Washington is a co-op building on leased land! Any articles that describe 450 Washington as a condominium are wrong and irresponsible. I doubt you will see any articles that admit it is a co-op. It is a co-op, as per the offering plan on file with the New York State attorney general. (See below.) That knocks off 30% of the value versus a condominium, because in a co-op, you do not own your apartment outright but rather you own shares in a corporation that owns the building and that are tied to the apartment in which you are a "tenant-shareholder". Then there is a further haircut, because this co-op only owns the building and not the land it is built on! Only co-ops and hotels can legally be built on leased land, with few exceptions in state law, usually for government owned land like BPC, Roosevelt Island, etc. The land is leased, which is why this was originally a rental and similarly why 456 Greenwich Street is a hotel. That knocks off another 20% - 35% off the market value (versus a similar co-op). This is for a number of reasons. First, one cannot finance a co-op in a land lease building for any longer than the duration of the lease, and the building depreciates in value. Second, and most crucially, If a land lease expires without being successfully renewed, then the land and everything built upon the land reverts back to the landowner. When the lease expires, the co-op usually scrambles to renew at a disadvantageous price, if not tries to buy the land outright. If you apply the two haircuts, you get a co-op apartment that is half the price of a similar condo in a building that owns the land it is built on. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Plan/Amendment Plan ID: CP220034 Submitted: 04/29/2022 Name: 450 WASHINGTON STREET OWNERS CORP. Reviewed Date: Address: 450 WASHINGTON STREET Effective Date: NEW YORK, NY 10013 Review Attorney: STEPHENS C Boro/County: MANHATTAN Action: Location Code: MANHATTAN Units: Type: COOPERATIVE Initial Price: Construction: NEW Current Price: Occupied: RESIDENTIAL Eviction: — james on In the News: 55 Broad will convert to residential

Where is left for the working class in Tribeca to grab a beer? — JB on The Patriot has gone dark

I suspect the building, along with 2 or 3 buildings to the west will be torn down and redeveloped. The buildings to the west have been vacant for a while. I have no inside info, just a hunch. — G on The Patriot has gone dark