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Whether you’re making the most of a weekend getaway or looking to mix up your lunch break, Lower Manhattan has all the shopping, dining and entertainment you could want. From City Hall to the Battery, savor unique flavors, discover awe-inspiring museums, catch a show and so much more.
When one square mile contains infinite possibility, you never know what’s next. So get going, and see what’s happening in downtown New York.
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Managing the Downtown-Lower Manhattan Business Improvement District (BID), the Downtown Alliance is your first and best business resource. Whether you’re dreaming of a grand opening or big-time growth, we’re here to help in more ways than one.
“It’s not just creating the dish. For me, it’s about creating a whole experience – a personalized experience.”
Ahead of this week’s premiere of our special holiday episode of Dine Around Downtown: Cooking at Home Edition, we asked Emily Hall, executive pastry chef at @saganyc, about what guests should know about her food when dining at SAGA.
Cooking at Home is our signature web show that brings Lower Manhattan’s best chefs to the small screen to share their recipes alongside series host, Chef Rocco DiSpirito. On our upcoming episode, Chef Emily Hall will teach audiences how to make two of her favorite holiday desserts: a sweet potato custard and a quince cruller.
The episode drops for pre-registrants this Thursday, December 5. Registering in advance not only gets you exclusive early access to the video (and to Chef Hall’s full interview!), but automatically enters you to win a free dinner for two at Saga – the sky-high eatery with two Michelin stars in the beautiful @70pine.
Head to the link in our bio to sign up!
This holiday season, we encourage you to shop local in Lower Manhattan.
With 1,100 unique businesses in our district, it’s really not hard to do: downtown’s mom-and-pops offer an eclectic mix of products and services that you won’t find anywhere else. Whether you’re searching for that special gift for someone else, or looking to treat yourself, shopping small is always the way to go.
After all, big cities run on small businesses ❤️
#smallbusinesssaturday
Cooking Thanksgiving Dinner in a tiny NYC kitchen is not for the weak. Neither is trying to choose the perfect restaurant. Luckily, we put together a guide that takes both the sweating over the stove and the decision-making out of the equation.
We’ve rounded up the spots where you can enjoy multi-course menus with Thanksgiving classics as well as creative seasonal dishes from some of the city’s best chefs. If you’d rather enjoy it at home (or you overcommitted when it comes to your potluck contribution), many restaurants are also offering sides, desserts or even full Thanksgiving spreads that you can order to pick up. If you want to pass it off as home cooking, we won’t tell.
Swipe through for the list, and head to the link in our bio for more information about restaurant offerings, links for securing reservations and more 🔗🦃
Our wish came true 🌧️💫🪄
To demonstrate the magic of our new public art installation “Star Light Star Bright,” we wished for something NYC desperately needed, and we got it!
Want to make a wish of your own? Meet us on the plaza at 140 Broadway at noon on Wednesdays through December 18th – we’ll be there with blank “wish ribbons,” live music and free refreshments. You can also head to any of our local “wish partners” to pick up ribbons with pre-printed wishes and add them to the installation at any time. In the link in our bio, find our full event schedule and our list of neighborhood partners 🔗
We sat down with Emily Hall, executive pastry chef of @saga_nyc, to talk about how she and her team work to “create a unique dining experience unlike any other fine dining restaurant in New York.”
Hall will be featured in our upcoming episode of Dine Around Downtown: Cooking at Home, the web show that brings Lower Manhattan’s best chefs to the small screen to share their signature recipes alongside series host, Chef Rocco DiSpirito (@roccodispirito).
The episode will drop for pre-registrants on December 5th. Registering in advance not only gets you exclusive early access to the video, but automatically enters you to win a ✨free dinner ✨for two at Saga – the sky-high eatery with two Michelin stars in the beautiful @70pine. Head to the link in our bio to sign up!
Early on in “She-Wolves: The Untold History of Women on Wall Street,” author and historian Paulina Bren sets the scene of a consequential spring day in 1762. In it, 24 people — brokers and merchants, men of means — gather under a buttonwood tree outside 68 Wall St. Here, they sign a document outlining rules for trading stocks: de facto birthing the New York Stock Exchange and establishing Lower Manhattan, as Bren writes, “as the beating heart of American capitalism.”
The men who wrote and signed the Buttonwood Agreement, for all of their ambition and belief in the great potential for the future, simply could not conceive of the idea that women would one day engage in this financial world they had created. Centuries later, Muriel “Mickie” Siebert, the first woman to own a seat on the NYSE, would discover this truth in a frank, telling way: on the members’ luncheon floor of the exchange, there was no women’s restroom. Before her, there was never a need for one.
“She-Wolves” tells the stories of female pioneers in a man’s world, tracing the footprint of women on the trading floor. From the 19th-century clairvoyant sisters who became the first female stockbrokers, to Siebert earning her seat on the exchange in 1967, to the shoulder pad-clad powerplayers of the ‘80s, Bren lets these oft overlooked women show their teeth.
Ahead of our November 21 LM Live event with Siebert Financial, we talked to the author about her book. Head to the link in our bio to read the full interview, and be sure to sign up for the waitlist for the sold-out event, as we’ll be releasing a limited number of tickets shortly!
As 2024 winds down, we’re inviting New Yorkers to take stock of their wishes for the new year and help us create something magical in Lower Manhattan.
From November 21 to January 9, locals and visitors alike can engage with our “Star Light Star Bright” installation by attaching “wish ribbons” to the brightly lit star structure on the plaza at 140 Broadway. Pre-printed ribbons with wishes for things like “health and happiness” and “a peaceful holiday season” can be picked up from any of our neighborhood “wish partners” and brought back to the plaza to be attached to the artwork. If you’d like to write a wish of your own, attend one of our lunchtime events where we’ll be handing out blank ribbons, along with free refreshments from local businesses.
The first event is this Thursday, November 21, and features live music by the New York Collective featuring Svetlana Shmulyian and refreshments from La Parisienne.
Learn more about the installation, and find our events schedule and map of our wish partners at the link in bio.
Who is the downtown alliance
Our mission at the Alliance for Downtown New York is to provide service, advocacy, research and information to enhance the quality of life in Lower Manhattan and advance the vibrant neighborhood as a global model of a 21st century Central Business District. By supporting economic development, public safety, sanitation, transportation and more, we strive to make Lower Manhattan an exciting, clean and safe place to live, work and play.
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