Miscellaneous
Picture Lower Manhattan: Summertime on the Plaza
Straight ahead: A summer sky, the graceful architecture of Goldman Sachs and the World Financial Center, and al fresco dining on a plaza cooled by...
The Fraunces Tavern Museum, Where the Spirit of ’76 Lives On
I am fascinated by early American history, and I love to learn new things about it. So I headed over to Fraunces Tavern Museum recently to learn a...
Picture Lower Manhattan: The Pearl Street Pop-up Café
Al fresco on Pearl: Last year the NYC Department of Transportation created an innovative outdoor seating platform, called a pop-up café, on...
Meet a Lower Manhattan Business: Yorganic
When Bo Kim calls Yorganic a healthy dining alternative, he really means it.“We knew there was a void to fill in the Lower Manhattan lunch...
Picture Lower Manhattan: Bowling Green Greenmarket
Over the centuries, Bowling Green has been a cattle market, a private bowling ground and a quiet urban oasis at the foot of an Indian trail known...
Meet a Lower Manhattan Business: Ryan Maguire’s Ale House
When Ryan Maguire’s Ale House was nearly destroyed by a fire in March 2010, customers sent more than 200 written letters to owners Mena and Tom...
Sitdown Interview with BPCA President Gayle Horwitz
Gayle Horwitz serves as President of the Battery Park City Authority. The Downtown Alliance recently sat down with Gayle to ask about her first...
A Wi-Fi Meandering
Now that the weather has gotten warmer it was once again time to do my spring check-up on the Downtown Alliance’s Wi-Fi equipment and hotspots. I...
Meet a Lower Manhattan Business: Keg No. 229
Keg No. 229 co-owner Calli Lerner understands what people want—and don’t want—in the bar experience.“There’s nothing more annoying when the...
Picture Lower Manhattan: Trinity Churchyard
For more than three centuries, the Trinity Churchyard on Broadway at Wall Street has provided a gracious respite from the hubbub of Lower...
