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Year: 2011

I Found My Inner Child at the NYC Police Museum

I Found My Inner Child at the NYC Police Museum

As a young adult, I rarely find myself exploring the children’s exhibit of a museum. But with the help of Julie Bose, Executive Director of the New...

Take a Break, Grab a Cup Thursday

Take a Break, Grab a Cup Thursday

January 20th is the National Coffee Association’s National Coffee Break Day. Across the nation, participating coffee shops will brew up special...

Infinity of Nations

Infinity of Nations

Transit Center Moves Forward on Fulton Street

Transit Center Moves Forward on Fulton Street

 Though it’s hard to tell from street level, construction at the $1.4 billion Fulton Street Transit Center is humming along and on schedule for...

Meet a Downtown Business: Joseph Tailor Shop

Meet a Downtown Business: Joseph Tailor Shop

Each week, the Downtown Alliance features a local business. This week, we'll introduce you to Joseph Tailor Shop at 7 Dey Street.The first thing...

Picture Downtown

Picture Downtown

Walking down Broad Street this week, I noticed the tree in front of the New York Stock Exchange has been removed. I snapped this picture last week,...

Picture Lower Manhattan

Picture Lower Manhattan

Walking down Broad Street this week, I noticed the tree in front of the New York Stock Exchange has been removed. I snapped this picture last week,...

Winter in Bowling Green

Winter in Bowling Green

Barely any leaves left on the trees in Bowling Green this week.

Mess Around Downtown: January 12, 2011

Mess Around Downtown: January 12, 2011

Welcome back to Mess Around Downtown!The time has come that I, The Mess, retire from my retail beat. No longer will I walk the streets of Lower...

Meet Our Staff: Joseph Timpone

Meet Our Staff: Joseph Timpone

Joseph Timpone is no stranger to Business Improvement Districts. His work with them began at the New York City Department of Sanitation before he...

Mulching in Lower Manhattan

Mulching in Lower Manhattan

It was a brisk, winter's day, but that didn't deter hundreds of Lower Manhattanites from taking part in the Downtown Alliance's annual MulchFest in...

Winter in Bowling Green

Winter in Bowling Green

It was only a few months ago when the Downtown Alliance hosted a Fall Community Planting Day in Bowling Green, and hundreds of folks turned out to pitch in. Well, a visit this weekend shows that things are holding up well, and so we cannot wait until the Spring thaw so we can get to work and watch thousands of tulips crop up. This weekend, we took a peek inside and saw that the ornamental kale that we planted is looking good. We cannot wait until Spring!