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Year: 2012

Downtown Alliance Joins Opening of Anne Frank Center USA in Lower Manhattan

Downtown Alliance Joins Opening of Anne Frank Center USA in Lower Manhattan

Alliance for Downtown New York President Elizabeth H. Berger joined civic, religious, an cultural leaders to celebrate the opening the Anne Frank...

DOWNTOWN DIALOGUE: Lower Manhattan’s Museum ‘Smile’

DOWNTOWN DIALOGUE: Lower Manhattan’s Museum ‘Smile’

Uptown may have Museum Mile, but Lower Manhattan has a veritable Museum “Smile,” an s-curve of history, art and design institutions...

DOWNTOWN DIALOGUE: The Post-9/11 Triumph of Lower Manhattan

DOWNTOWN DIALOGUE: The Post-9/11 Triumph of Lower Manhattan

Lower Manhattan is back—and better than ever.On September 11, 2001, the worst terrorist attack ever on American soil took 2,752 lives in Lower...

DOWNTOWN DIALOGUE: Heaven in the Harbor

DOWNTOWN DIALOGUE: Heaven in the Harbor

I often think that Lower Manhattan has everything in one square mile, so it should come as no surprise that there is a little bit of heaven 800 yards...

DOWNTOWN DIALOGUE: A Community of Neighbors Grows and Flourishes

DOWNTOWN DIALOGUE: A Community of Neighbors Grows and Flourishes

I moved to Lower Manhattan almost three decades ago. It was the frontier, and only my banker friends knew how to get here, but I loved living...

DOWNTOWN DIALOGUE: Happy Earth Day, Lower Manhattan

DOWNTOWN DIALOGUE: Happy Earth Day, Lower Manhattan

Lower Manhattan remains in the vanguard of the green revolution. We’re not just planning it, we’re living it.But much has changed since...

DOWNTOWN DAILOGUE: Art Where You Least Expect It

DOWNTOWN DAILOGUE: Art Where You Least Expect It

Walking through Lower Manhattan reminds me of three fateful courses I took in my sophomore year of college:  Karsten Harries’ Philosophy...

DOWNTOWN DIALOGUE: First Rule of Real Estate: Visit the Site

DOWNTOWN DIALOGUE: First Rule of Real Estate: Visit the Site

By now it is old but happy news that Lower Manhattan spoke, the White House listened and Attorney General Eric Holder has apparently abandoned plans...

DOWNTOWN DIALOGUE: Working at Home Not Working Out?

DOWNTOWN DIALOGUE: Working at Home Not Working Out?

I am the only member of my family who doesn’t have my own room.Every evening after dinner, I set up my laptop on the bar outside my kitchen and...

Tourism in Lower Manhattan Sees Record-Breaking Year with 9.8 Million Visitors in 2011

Tourism in Lower Manhattan Sees Record-Breaking Year with 9.8 Million Visitors in 2011

As the steel rises at the World Trade Center site, tourism in Lower Manhattan is reaching new heights. According to the Downtown Alliance’s...

Downtown Alliance Year in Review Reports Blockbuster Year of Leasing in Lower Manhattan

Downtown Alliance Year in Review Reports Blockbuster Year of Leasing in Lower Manhattan

New Market Data Shows 80 percent Increase Over 2010 Leasing ActivityReflecting a growing interest in all of the amenities Lower Manhattan has to...

Downtown Alliance Attends Launch of J&R Jr. Children’s Store in Lower Manhattan

Downtown Alliance Attends Launch of J&R Jr. Children’s Store in Lower Manhattan

Alliance for Downtown New York President Elizabeth H. Berger joined J&R Co-CEOs Joe and Rachelle Friedman and their son Jason to launch the new...