Miscellaneous

Picture Lower Manhattan: One Seaport Plaza

Picture Lower Manhattan: One Seaport Plaza

A tree bends its branches toward One Seaport Plaza on a windy day in early April. The tree’s white blossoms are so thick they could be mistaken for...

An Interview with Susan Henshaw Jones, President of the South Street Seaport Museum

An Interview with Susan Henshaw Jones, President of the South Street Seaport Museum

Since stepping in as President of the South Street Seaport Museum last year, Susan Henshaw Jones has been working non-stop to breathe new life into...

Picture Lower Manhattan: Signs of Spring

Picture Lower Manhattan: Signs of Spring

Unseasonably warm temperatures in March brought out the blooms early in Lower Manhattan. This tree stretches its blossoms across the façade of a...

Accounting for the Business Traveler

Accounting for the Business Traveler

Guests at the Andaz Wall Street won’t have to go far to find an accountant to help with their taxes next week. One will be literally just down the...

Lights On…In Lower Manhattan

Lights On…In Lower Manhattan

By Kelly RushIt seemed this winter that the supply of new retailers opening in North Battery Park City was endless, but this column will see yet...

Just What The Doctor Ordered

Just What The Doctor Ordered

Recently, the New York Post described the Battery Park Regal Cinemas as crowd-free.While it’s not my intention to give away all of Lower...

Spring Ahead In Lower Manhattan

Spring Ahead In Lower Manhattan

By Manny LalaThe weather is getting warmer, daylight savings is in full swing, crocuses are peaking through the wintery soil and Lower Manhattan is...

Picture Lower Manhattan: A View Grows in Brooklyn

Picture Lower Manhattan: A View Grows in Brooklyn

Last Sunday I spent a few hours on a harbor tour with the Audubon Society searching for seals and winter birds. While we only saw glimpses of harbor...

Lower Manhattan’s Museum ‘Smile’

Lower Manhattan’s Museum ‘Smile’

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

Picture Lower Manhattan: New York by Gehry

Picture Lower Manhattan: New York by Gehry

New York by Gehry at 8 Spruce Street is the tallest residential building in the Western Hemisphere and the 11th-tallest in the world. Designed by...

An Interview with Martin I. Kagan, Pace’s Director of Cultural Affairs

An Interview with Martin I. Kagan, Pace’s Director of Cultural Affairs

Martin I. Kagan has served as Director of Cultural Affairs at Pace University since 2010. The Downtown Alliance recently sat down with him to ask...

A Video Tour of Our New Wi-Fi Corridor

A Video Tour of Our New Wi-Fi Corridor

A couple of months ago, I once again had the fortune of climbing up to the roof of another building in Lower Manhattan, this time at 84 William...