Betweenswarms of protestorsoutside the building andDonald Trump‘s claims thathe’ll spend weekends at his penthouse, the NYPD has spent the last weekmulling a shutdown of Fifth Avenuein and aroundTrump Tower. And even though Melania and ten-year-old Barron will remain in the 24-karat gold-covered triplex instead of moving to the White House, Mayor de Blasio announced that the stretch of the Avenue in front of the building will remain open to vehicular traffic, adding that, “We have never had a situation where the president of the United States would be here on such a regular basis. But the N.Y.P.D. is up to the challenge, and the City of New York is up to the challenge.”