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Lower Manhattan’s Biggest Movie Theater Is Back

Lower Manhattan’s Biggest Movie Theater Is Back

Film buffs, rejoice: after a year-plus long closure, the Regal Battery Park (102 North End Avenue) has returned.  Beginning April 23 — and just a...

Bird-Watching At The Battery Returns On Wednesday Mornings

Bird-Watching At The Battery Returns On Wednesday Mornings

With nearly six million vaccinations administered in the city and the weather becoming tolerable on a regular basis, New Yorkers are on the lookout...

Josh Katz, Explorer-In-Chief, Moves In This Summer

Josh Katz, Explorer-In-Chief, Moves In This Summer

Street photographer Josh Katz — the lucky winner of the Downtown Alliance’s Explorer-in-Chief contest — will take his rightful place as Lower...

Downtown Live’s Performing Arts Festival Hosts Nearly 30 Shows Across Two Weekends

Downtown Live’s Performing Arts Festival Hosts Nearly 30 Shows Across Two Weekends

It’s been a tough year for live performers and their fans. To support and celebrate them as the warm weather rolls in and New Yorkers look to get...

Governors Island To Bring Back Glamping, Exhibitions and The Jazz Age Lawn Party

Governors Island To Bring Back Glamping, Exhibitions and The Jazz Age Lawn Party

Some spring reopening news we can get behind: Mayor de Blasio announced that Governors Island will reopen for visitors starting May 1, and that in...

See Brooklyn Artist Rashid Johnson’s Largest Mural To Date At Brookfield Place

See Brooklyn Artist Rashid Johnson’s Largest Mural To Date At Brookfield Place

Rashid Johnson is a multidisciplinary Brooklyn artist known for incorporating aspects of Black intellectual and cultural identity in his art. In the...

Tribeca Film Festival Relocates to Lower Manhattan for Triumphant Return

Tribeca Film Festival Relocates to Lower Manhattan for Triumphant Return

The Tribeca Film Festival is returning this summer, making it the first north American film festival to resume in-person events since the Covid-19...

Soak In The Spring Sun And A History Lesson With A Day Trip To Ellis Island

Soak In The Spring Sun And A History Lesson With A Day Trip To Ellis Island

With the weather finally consistently warming up (fingers crossed!), we’ve got the perfect conditions outside for a ferry ride. Make Ellis Island...

Flag Buffs Will Delight At Fraunces Tavern Museum’s Two New Exhibitions

Flag Buffs Will Delight At Fraunces Tavern Museum’s Two New Exhibitions

History nerds, mark your calendars: On Friday, April 2, Fraunces Tavern Museum debuts two new exhibitions, each a study of flags and popular emblems...

The Lawn Club Brings Bocce, Croquet And More To The Seaport

The Lawn Club Brings Bocce, Croquet And More To The Seaport

If you prefer your socializing with a side of friendly competition, you’re in luck. Earlier this week, the Howard Hughes Corporation announced the...

The China Institute Takes You On A Virtual Trip For Some Dandan Noodles

The China Institute Takes You On A Virtual Trip For Some Dandan Noodles

Virtual travel is for now our primary mode of sight-seeing, and the China Institute has done wonders to keep our quarantined lives interesting with...

Six Ways to Enjoy Lower Manhattan’s Waterfront

Six Ways to Enjoy Lower Manhattan’s Waterfront

Did you know…That Lower Manhattan is one of... if not the only... neighborhood in Manhattan surrounded on three sides by water? Sure is!The...