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Year: 2012

High-Tech Trash Bins Hit the Streets of Lower Manhattan

High-Tech Trash Bins Hit the Streets of Lower Manhattan

With the introduction of the innovative BigBelly Solar Stations, Lower Manhattan’s 57,000 residents, 310,000 workers and 10 million annual...

Downtown Alliance Discusses Tourism Surge in Lower Manhattan

Downtown Alliance Discusses Tourism Surge in Lower Manhattan

Elizabeth H. Berger, president of the Alliance for Downtown New York, today delivered testimony to the New York City Council Committee on Lower...

Downtown Alliance Recognized with International Downtown Association Merit Award

Downtown Alliance Recognized with International Downtown Association Merit Award

As part of the its annual Downtown Achievement Awards, the International Downtown Association honored the Alliance for Downtown New York with a 2012...

DOWNTOWN DIALOGUES: 53,000 Students Hit the Books in City’s Fastest-Growing School Zone

DOWNTOWN DIALOGUES: 53,000 Students Hit the Books in City’s Fastest-Growing School Zone

I just went to my 30th college reunion, yet I still organize my year by the school calendar!  Just as I’m settling into Lower...

Downtown Alliance Mobile App Named Official App for Downtown Culture Pass

Downtown Alliance Mobile App Named Official App for Downtown Culture Pass

On the second anniversary of the Downtown Culture Pass, New York’s Downtown museums have named the Alliance for Downtown New York’s...

WilmerHale Partners with Downtown Alliance and Sponsors Expansive Lower Manhattan Wi-Fi Network

WilmerHale Partners with Downtown Alliance and Sponsors Expansive Lower Manhattan Wi-Fi Network

To show its commitment to the Lower Manhattan community, the law firm Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (WilmerHale) has become an official...

Department of Small Business Services Awards Downtown Alliance Neighborhood Achievement BID Award

Department of Small Business Services Awards Downtown Alliance Neighborhood Achievement BID Award

As part of the 2012 New York City Neighborhood Achievement Awards, Deputy Mayor Robert K. Steel and Small Business Services Commissioner Robert W....

Music Plays on in Lower Manhattan

Music Plays on in Lower Manhattan

The Alliance for Downtown New York is keeping the music playing again this summer in Lower Manhattan with the return of its very own public piano....

New Re:Construction Installation Comes to Historic Chase Manhattan Plaza

New Re:Construction Installation Comes to Historic Chase Manhattan Plaza

While the renowned Chase Manhattan Plaza undergoes a facelift this year, the Downtown Alliance’s latest Re:Constuction project can now be...

21st Century Recycling Comes to Lower Manhattan

21st Century Recycling Comes to Lower Manhattan

Whether you are visiting, working, or living in Lower Manhattan, now you can recycle in style. Starting this week, a new high-tech recycling bin is...

DOWNTOWN DIALOGUE:  Welcome to the City’s Oldest—And Newest—Hotel District

DOWNTOWN DIALOGUE: Welcome to the City’s Oldest—And Newest—Hotel District

When I visited the gorgeous new Conrad New York a few weeks ago, I was reminded that though I have lived downtown for 30 years, I have only stayed in...

Downtown Alliance Highlights Father’s Day Deals in Lower Manhattan

Downtown Alliance Highlights Father’s Day Deals in Lower Manhattan

Celebrate dad this Sunday with these great offers from local retailers, restaurants, museums and more. All promotions can be found at...