It is not clear who exactly is the landlord here who refused to renew the lease. Per ACRIS in 2007 this commercial unit was deeded to (i.e., bought by) "EDAER VENTURES, LLC," with "Linda Rowe" signing as a manager of the LLC. There is no new deed since. "Linda Rowe" signed a 2017 mortgage on the premises as one (1) of two (2) "managing members" of the LLC, per ACRIS. NYS Dept of State still lists "Linda Rowe" as the DOS process recipient for the LLC, an active entity. — James on Support by Design Is Closing After 20 Years

So sad. This place has helped so many children in need of their services. To bad the landlord can’t find it in their hearts to have hem stay. Yet again another one to add to the graveyard wasteland of “for rent” in Tribeca. This one truly breaks my heart. — Sandra on Support by Design Is Closing After 20 Years

That’s awful. My son had such a great experience there. The neighborhood needs them. — Lisa on Support by Design Is Closing After 20 Years

That ice cream cart in front of the former Silver Spurs is swank. — KP on Seen & Heard: Downstairs at Roman and Williams Guild

Good idea about the ashtray. A very local solution, at least, to a larger problem. If only smokers would refrain from using the streets of the city (not to mention the roof and yards of our building) as their ashtray. Why aren't anti-littering laws enforced? Residents in our building find cigarette butts every day in their yards, terraces, and on the roof. Apparently flung out of neighboring building windows (since no one in our building smokes), not even stubbed out first. Not only is this filthy, it's just asking for a fire. — Marcus on Seen & Heard: Downstairs at Roman and Williams Guild

Agreed. Especially the people who live and work right near where these counterfeiters set up "shop". — Marcus on Seen & Heard: Zutto’s Reopening Date

I first and fourth that ;) — Matt on Manhatta Is Taking Reservations

Everyone in this community needs to make sure that these hooligans selling counterfeit goods and ruining our streets are not allowed to come back. If you see something, send a message to the police immediately. If everyone does this, we can solve the problem. — Sally on Seen & Heard: Zutto’s Reopening Date

Good to know, Erik. Thank you. Still no counterfeiters out there today. However, I was confronted by the usual peddlers blocking the subway entrance, flashing pages of photos of questionable "goods". — Marcus on Seen & Heard: Zutto’s Reopening Date

How the dog park maintains its standards is reflected in how well dog owners uphold standards in other public spaces--most notably the sidewalks. Most dog owners are great at picking up and having their dogs relieve themselves at the curb, not the middle of the sidewalk. It only takes a tiny percentage of owners not picking up to impact hundreds and maybe thousands of pedestrians who have to experience a single open air dog waste. — cami on In the News: City Winery Has 17 Months

26 Thomas Street — Jim Smithers on Where in Tribeca…?

The NYPD seems to have responded to a complaint on Twitter. If you're on Twitter, you can try that—the 1st Precinct is at @NYPD1Pct—next time you see peddlers. Alternatively, try reaching out directly to the two Neighborhood Coordination Officers assigned to Tribeca: Dinah Bodden (917-860-2601, dinah.bodden@nypd.org) and Joseph Milone (929-284-0996, joseph.milone@nypd.org). — Erik Torkells on Seen & Heard: Zutto’s Reopening Date

Good news about the counterfeit seller crackdown. Does this also extend to the lurking "sellers" around the subway stations? Any idea why the sudden crackdown, when police have been so laissez-faire about this issue for so long? I'm glad it's happening but am curious to the reason for the change...and hope it lasts. — Marcus on Seen & Heard: Zutto’s Reopening Date

"Gitano [...] racked up a total of 206 violation points in an inspection this week, leading the Health Department to close it down. Violations related to refrigeration, sewage disposal, bathroom issues, and more.” http://www.grubstreet.com/2018/07/doh-shutters-new-tropical-hot-spot-near-the-holland-tunnel.html — James on First Impressions: Gitano

At 2 Hudson Trinity already has city approval to build "a 430-foot-tall, 300,000-square-foot residential building [... on] a plot framed by Sixth Avenue and Canal, Grand and Varick streets. The property will include a 444-seat public school at its base." Why would they ever give up that long-sought approval to start from scratch for a different use and user? http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20141103/REAL_ESTATE/141039945/trinity-to-erect-apartment-towers — James on The High Cost of Disney’s Move to Hudson Square

I third that! — Dixie on Manhatta Is Taking Reservations

I second that! — Adam on Manhatta Is Taking Reservations

The Gitano lot is much smaller—and you can hardly blame Disney for not wanting to be on Canal/Varick/Sixth. Information on Trinity's Hudson Square properties is at http://www.trinitynyc.com/properties.html, and across the bottom of that page are links to the four "development sites": 2 Hudson Square, as the Gitano lot is called; 4 Hudson Square, where Disney is building; 122 Varick, the parking lot at the southeast corner of Dominick; and 559 Greenwich, "a surface parking lot and a low-rise garage" on the west side of Greenwich between King and Charlton. — Erik Torkells on The High Cost of Disney’s Move to Hudson Square

How big is Trinity's empty plot of land on Grand Street where Gitano is now located? Why can't Disney use that? — KP on The High Cost of Disney’s Move to Hudson Square

I always enjoy reminiscing about when those counterfeit bag sellers operated out of their vans parked on Lispenard. Seeing gaggles of clearly out of town ladies climbing into large, shabby, tinted out vans to look at the wares with random sellers they had just met on the street was always so astonishing to me. — en_b on Seen & Heard: Zutto’s Reopening Date

Awww. How ‘bout some audio? — SW on Valentine No. 63

Eeewww. — SW on In the News: Police Action on Counterfeit Peddlers

The worst idling in our neighborhood is the FDNY ambulance that sits, spewing filthy diesel fumes, all night long outside the Starbucks on Murray Street at the corner of Church. Sometimes the entire block stinks of smoke. — Will Meyerhofer on In the News: Three Stars for Frenchette

I live one block away from the triangle. It's in complete disrepair. The cement is cracked, the sign has fallen down and the foliage is uncared for. Nobody ever sits there because it's ugly AND there's no place to sit. If a developer is willing to pay for a re-design and maintain the space, which would be in the developer's interest, what's the downside? Also, the traffic there is only bad for about two hours a day. The Roxy has outdoor seating and I see people sitting there at all times of the day. — Elisa on Developer Files Plans for Church Street Pocket Park

Trinity's Hudson Square portfolio is worth almost $4 billion. They are not very much troubled by the thought of grassroots opposition. One recent Trinity head has worked as the head of various City land use agencies in 5 different NYC mayoral administrations, for example, so they probably have just a little bit of political clout. — James on The High Cost of Disney’s Move to Hudson Square