Our Work
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...
A New Year’s Toast for Lower Manhattan
By Liz BergerNew Year’s is a time to consider the past and make resolutions for the future, a time of reflection and dreaming, reckoning and...
Meet Downtown Alliance Public Safety Supervisor German Rosario
Every day, German Rosario patrols the streets of Downtown, offering directions and guidance, and keeping the peace. And every day, he’s all...
A Conversation With Re:Construction Artist Richard Pasquarelli
There’s a place in Lower Manhattan where the clouds float only a few feet above street level. Walk over to the corner of Barclay and Greenwich...
Meet Downtown Alliance Sanitation Supervisor Carl Homward
Every day at 4:00 AM, Carl Homward begins his hour-long commute from Canarsie, Brooklyn to Lower Manhattan, where he serves as Sanitation Supervisor...
Downtown’s Newest Dining Room
Midtown may have Pop-Tarts, but Downtown has a pop-up.Just in time for refreshing fall weather, the New York City Department of Transportation has...
Bringing Wi-Fi to the Elevated Acre
A crowd gathered beneath us, about 14 stories below, wondering what we were doing. However, after we mounted the Wi-Fi radio, they happily realized...
Hive at 55 Getting Bigger and Better with Age
It’s hard to believe, but the Hive at 55 is now 6-months old. Yesterday, we raised a glass and celebrated this anniversary with friends,...
The adventures of a tourist information officer
As I prepared to retire from IBM in 2005, someone asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I said I wanted to be a tour guide. Happily, my wish...
