The biggest crime is the renovation approval - part of the process should be dotting i’s and crossing t’s to ensure proper use. If these concessions are being made in zoning it is the governments responsibility to regulate and enforce. It’s one thing to go under the radar post 9/11. Neighborhood use and access of buildings, parking lots and vacant lots changed here overnight, but another thing not to confirm use of this monstrosity during a major lobby renovation that would require permits. I am in for the boycott. They should have to renovate back to full access. — JD on BNY Mellon’s Lobby Is Finally Open to the Public

It would be a good idea to ask the owners to create a free public meeting space - maybe with moveable, folding-type chairs and a projector to seat 50 or so people - so we can have a semi-public place to hold workshops, book readings, panel discussions, debates among candidates, and maybe even a smaller meeting space for 10-15 people where civic groups and non-profits can hold meetings. Right now in Tribeca no such space exists. There are interior POPS in lower manhattan that are much more open and accessible and USEFUL to the public than this one. — Lynn Ellsworth on BNY Mellon’s Lobby Is Finally Open to the Public

This is a free COMMUNITY BLOG not a national or even local newspaper. It’s largely, if not entirely(?) written and managed by one person who the downtown community owes a debt of gratitude for creating such an invaluable source of local updates. Those of us who actually understand what it is and how it hugely benefits all of us by keeping us informed about our community to whatever degree of accuracy is possible at all times, like it just fine AS IT IS. If you don’t, move along with your “I studied journalism” expertise and scour the neighborhood yourself for updates that you can then “report” via your Facebook and Instagram, which you undoubtedly also consider news sources. — Bea Nicer on World Trade Center Subway Station Opens This Saturday

I don't know much about architecture and construction but found it interesting to see that 30 warren had the interior? walls up before the exterior. Every other building I've seen would always have a frame, and then the exterior facade and windows up before any actual walls were put up. — lowphat on Seen & Heard: Inside the New World Trade Center Subway Station

The public and tribeca residents should start visiting this building regularly so that they realize they have to accommodate us and live up to their agreement with the city. Maybe then they will start being more friendly to the neighborhood. I love the DOB idea of audits to ensue compliance. That should have started years ago especially of this building which people have complained about so many times. — LGoldman on BNY Mellon’s Lobby Is Finally Open to the Public

They aren’t going to kick the seniors out, Brookdale sold the real estate but will likely still be operating the property. The buyer, Ventas, is one of the largest owners of senior living properties in the country and owns a lot of the real estate that Brookdale operates around the country. As The Broadsheet article noted the BPCA mandates that the property “shall be operated as a senior housing facility and for no other use or purpose.” In fact they just applied for a liquor license so dinnertime (and breakfast?) should be more jolly than ever... — BPCResident on In the News: Praise for Holy Ground

sounds like they could still use a flash mob or to at 101 barclay. count me in! — safe as milk on BNY Mellon’s Lobby Is Finally Open to the Public

But wait are they going to kick all the sweet seniors out? This is terrible. — Celeste Lee on In the News: Praise for Holy Ground

Will miss seeing the seniors eating at their little restaurant on the way to Rockefeller. My kids would always wave and smile :) — Nichole Whiting on In the News: Praise for Holy Ground

fred is still around, i frequently have met him in a bar in the hague. good stories and political discussions.and a nice and amicable guy. — steve on Seen & Heard: Work Has Started at Gitano

This is horrible journalism! If you are not certain, it's just hear say till proven the contrary so you cannot write a headline saying that it will open on Saturday. Write "it may open on Saturday". We don't write about we're not sure! I studied journalism at college and that's not how it's done! — Diana on World Trade Center Subway Station Opens This Saturday

Just as Hudson River remembers, early 90s I worked at the Amex building and on bad weather days regularly walked through 101 Barclay as a dry/warm short cut without being harassed. — N on BNY Mellon’s Lobby Is Finally Open to the Public

I remember walking through a few times, late 80s-early 90s. There was a raised platform thingy in the middle (don't remember what was on it) and palm trees around the perimeter. I think you walked around the area where the platform was to get from north to south. — Hudson River on BNY Mellon’s Lobby Is Finally Open to the Public

Nimby at its best! — CD on In the News: Tribecan Accused of Starving His Dog

Can’t wait! — Denise on An Ice Cream/Frozen Yogurt Shop Is Opening on Greenwich

The ugliness of this architecture is a crime against humanity. Whoever is responsible should be offered low-income residence in the new jail. — Marcus on BNY Mellon’s Lobby Is Finally Open to the Public

They do such a great job in Jersey City, I'm sure this will be a hit in NYC! — Arman Rousta on An Ice Cream/Frozen Yogurt Shop Is Opening on Greenwich

I've worked in this building since practically day one of its existence (early '84) and there has never EVER EVER (darn I need a bigger font) been access going north-south to the public. — Old as Dirt on BNY Mellon’s Lobby Is Finally Open to the Public

Please tell us what we can do to stop the jail from our neighborhood. We was to to talk to Margaret Chin. #jailmargaretchin — Fan on In the News: Andrew Cuomo for Governor

Forty Carrots fro-yo AND Bassett’s ice cream! This is an embarrassment of good riches for the neighborhood. I think this will also be a destination that will draw in many people from other areas. Will definitely support this business. — Jen on An Ice Cream/Frozen Yogurt Shop Is Opening on Greenwich

Stopped in last night with a friend. Workers exiting the building as we were entering asked "Do you work here?" like everybody on staff acts thinks they're security. Guard at entrance said it was closed to public, then said it closed at whatever time, a couple hours ago. Flashed the Tribeca Citizen article on my phone at him, said I wanted to speak to his supervisor, who came and said it was ok. So we looked around a bit. Here's the outrage: pre-9/11 and subsequent remodeling, that lobby ran all the way through the building north/south. It was most useful to the public as a passageway in bad weather. They have changed the layout during the remodeling so that their id-required turnstiles are in the middle, and the public can't use the middle or north end of the lobby. So the public is now allowed in, but only to access 1/3 of the space that was negotiated in the original agreement. There is no "street-level pedestrian easement through its lobby from Barclay to Murray Streets." — Hudson River on BNY Mellon’s Lobby Is Finally Open to the Public

I remember helping to move NYAA into that building 1993. Lots of changes! — Steven Var. on Seen & Heard: New York Academy of Art’s New Look

Looks like years of 311 complaints paid off! — Sean on BNY Mellon’s Lobby Is Finally Open to the Public

I was in Boston for the long weekend and actually went to one of these "next gen" Dunkin Donuts (we were in a rush!). Decor is similar to the whitewashed aesthetic of Hudson Eats but cheaper looking. Nevertheless, it is an improvement. The tap system is cool, the drinks from it are good, and donuts are in a counter similar to a bakery which means you're no longer a mile away from them. Not sure if this will be in all of them, but also a snack/bottled drinks area similar to Starbucks before you reach the cashier. — Ken on Seen & Heard: New York Academy of Art’s New Look

Very excited. If they will really sell same frozen yoghurt as 40 Karots, I will be in the shop every day even in the dead of winter. — Jane slavin on An Ice Cream/Frozen Yogurt Shop Is Opening on Greenwich