This week’s news from Lower Manhattan
The Rockefeller Foundation named the Downtown Alliance a grant winner in its 2009 New York City Cultural Innovation Fund competition. The grant is to...
The Hunt for Space
From the very beginning, I knew that finding the right space for the Hive was critical to its success. The space needed to be compelling – after...
Community Planting Day
This year in planning our fall Community Planting Day at Bowling Green Park, we decided to have a free pumpkin giveaway for kids. In addition to...
The Downtown Chow Hound
Humanity can be split into roughly two halves. There are those who view lunch as a functional meal that should be eaten hastily, even spitefully –...
Bringing You the News
The Downtown Alliance's work involves everything in our neighborhood from infrastructure, to transportation, to sanitation, to public safety, to...
Our Family Lives — and Loves — Downtown
For 9 years I cursed the Long Island Railroad every morning and evening. When my wife and I were blessed with a beautiful daughter I became even...
Hive at 55 is Almost Live
When I was in grad school, I always tried to get out of doing work in the library – it was too quiet, too sterile, and I couldn’t even bring a...
Mess Around Downtown: October 7, 2009
Welcome to the first Mess Around Downtown blog post! I've been putting these together for the Downtown Alliance for several months now, but it seemed...
Fiterman Hall Deconstruction Update
10/6/2009Fiterman Hall has made significant progress in the deconstruction process! They are removing a floor a week and should be finished in...
Adopt A Geranium
An hour before last year’s adopt a geranium day event, there was a line around the perimeter of Bowling Green Park.This fall, I’m hoping for more...
