Close Rikers! We all need to take our share of the burden, just like we all need to have the trash we generate disposed of in our neighborhood and not where "those other people live". — G on In the News: Meryl Streep Listed Her Tribeca Penthouse

How smooth the cobblestones look in those outdoor renderings! — KP on First Look Inside the Hotel at 456 Greenwich

Good luck. The Mayor is now committed and he will stick with it to save face. To change government decisions, it helps to do it before anybody knows they are being made. — James on In the News: Meryl Streep Listed Her Tribeca Penthouse

Esteemed Councilperson Chin assumes this is a done deal, like most development projects in the deBlasio era (see One Manhattan Square in Two Bridges), so she prefers to "extort"--by pretending to threaten the project--as much in concessions as she can that will earn political points for herself. The value those concessions bring to some of her constituents is peanuts compared to the value that opposing this scheme would bring to all of her constituents IMO. — James on In the News: Meryl Streep Listed Her Tribeca Penthouse

"... there will be myriad opportunities for neighborhood leaders and residents to provide feedback on design, program, neighborhood integration as well as a range of quality of life concerns within the neighborhoods." Rather misses the point, as it assumes this is a fait accompli. Instead: Where and how do we provide feedback to reject the entire plan? — Marcus on In the News: Meryl Streep Listed Her Tribeca Penthouse

Time to write Councilmember Chin and start strongly voicing our views on this. What community input was really taken, and actually considered? The "hearing" sounds like a joke, because it sounds like the decision was covertly made already. — Marcus on In the News: Meryl Streep Listed Her Tribeca Penthouse

The counterfeit sellers there are the worst. The police don't do anything about them either. — Jeff on An Italian Food Hall Is Opening at Broadway and Canal

Please sign and forward along this petition against the jail. https://www.change.org/p/mayor-bill-de-blasio-manhattan-detention-center-mdc — Rose on In the News: Meryl Streep Listed Her Tribeca Penthouse

Hi George the owners were Bob berg and David Remnek. They both died of cancer, probably from the agent orange that was stored in the basement. — Randall on Tribeca Then & Now: Part 2

"formally detained people" Perhaps the Trib meant prisoners held by correction officers garbed in tuxedos? Hopefully this spokesman actually said "formerly detained people." — James on In the News: Meryl Streep Listed Her Tribeca Penthouse

yeah, but isn't Walmart owned by Idi Amin or Heinrich Himmler or whomever? Amazon is owned by the guy who owns The Washington Post, so I'll support him over Walmart any day, given my choice of plutocrats. — Will Meyerhofer on Ghost Town: The 2018 Retail-Vacancy Report

Yep. It's Amazon. I needed a certain brand of doggie treats intended to address my dog's plaque. I went online, choose the best price for exactly what I needed, and was done in about 5 minutes. Sure, I missed out on the exquisite shopping experience of combing the aisles of the local pet shop and inquiring if they carried that brand, etc. But anyway...yeah, it's Amazon. And I'm not sure what the solution is - we can only have so many pop-up art galleries in the neighborhood. Maybe lower priced commercial space will lead to ground level offices and work-spaces? Schools? It will be interesting to see how this develops. Thank you, Erik, for doing your usual astounding job of nailing precisely what's going on around here. I don't want to lose you at The Citizen...but you'd be incredible as a City Council person. — Will Meyerhofer on Ghost Town: The 2018 Retail-Vacancy Report

44 Laight? Doesn't seem like it to me. (Eagle was there at the time of LPC designation in 1992 and likely before. The other side of 46 was a gas station.) https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bc3bede1-9aae-cebb-e040-e00a18064596 Block 426: Laight Street between Varick Street and Hudson Street (north side) TYPE OF RESOURCE still image GENRE Photographs DATE CREATED 1999 DIVISION The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection PHOTOGRAPHER Stone, Dylan, 1967- — James on Tribeca Then and Now: The Unknowns (Part 1)

Re the MTV awards: if you were planning to stop by to watch, it was taped last night and is all gone this morning, so don’t bother. Spoiler alert: a gold throne and some other gold stuff, lots of special lighting, all of the storefronts were covered with black curtains. Didn’t hang around to see the performance, which must have happened very late. — Hudson River on Seen & Heard: Woolworth Building Lights

Does anyone know if Topview needs a permit to have a stop at Chambers and West? — SW on Seen & Heard: Store Closure at Brookfield Place

Image #12 is the warehouse next to 46 Laight St where I lived for 25 years. Just east off the NE corner of Hudson. — Slue on Tribeca Then and Now: The Unknowns (Part 1)

Fingers crossed this actually happens. It has the potential to transform that corner for the good. It seems the police have succeeded in chasing away the open air counterfeit handbag market...but this Sunday it seems to have just moved to the even more crowded side of Broadway. — Troy Torrison on An Italian Food Hall Is Opening at Broadway and Canal

Tenants have been in Independence Plaza since mid 1973, early 1974. — TG on Tribeca Then and Now: The Unknowns (Part 1)

love this - you're a great noticer of stuff! — Will Meyerhofer on Valentine No. 65

Wow...that panorama is amazing. But I'm stymied to find a landmark I can identify...where's City Hall? And what's that huge domed thing in the background? — Will Meyerhofer on Seen & Heard: The City Skyline Over Time

Eek...that's my gym. I love that place and it's a big part of my life. Here's hoping this gets sorted out right away. My best to Allison and Fred. Awful that they're having to deal with this negligent landlord nightmare when all they want to do is promote fitness and health in the neighborhood. — Will Meyerhofer on Tribeca Health & Fitness Is Fighting for Its Life

Finally a taker for that beautiful building! Sounds very promising. Let's hope all these developments put an end to the counterfeit bazaar also. — Marcus on An Italian Food Hall Is Opening at Broadway and Canal

It’s Nicki Minage performing http://www.mtv.com/news/3096756/mtv-vmas-2018-everything-need-to-know/ — Sandra on Seen & Heard: A New Wine Bar on Leonard

Update on Kingkow: After selling out everything in the store, they have managed to renegotiate and will reopen when new stock arrives, possibly a couple of weeks (or at least whatever’s happening is still in flux). — Hudson River on Seen & Heard: Another Store Closed at the World Trade Center Mall

This is just a run up for the national stage. This is DeBlasio posturing to be on the democratic ticket in 20XX. He is killing the top public schools, turning schools into soup kitchens and bankrupting the city. But by the time any real measurements of failure comes to light, he’ll blame it on the next guy. — Mrs M on Seen & Heard: Another Store Closed at the World Trade Center Mall