Miscellaneous

Picture Lower Manhattan: Trinity Churchyard

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...

My Nature Meandering

My Nature Meandering

This morning I woke up early to exercise and heard a loud BAM! I looked out our front door and saw a little sparrow, its mouth gaping open and...

Picture Lower Manhattan: A Waterfall on Water Street

Picture Lower Manhattan: A Waterfall on Water Street

You'll find 70,000 workers  in the Water Street corridor these days -- along with many of the city’s largest companies and small signature firms....

A Photographic Meandering

A Photographic Meandering

A colleague, Jason, and I walked out last week to take some pictures. But it turned out to be a meandering because we covered almost every single...

Meet a Lower Manhattan Business: Toloache Taqueria

Meet a Lower Manhattan Business: Toloache Taqueria

The Americanization of tacos and burritos has helped us forget where they actually come from, but one trip to Toloache Taqueria will take you back to...

Picture Lower Manhattan: Tulips in the Financial District

Picture Lower Manhattan: Tulips in the Financial District

"I seek truth," said the sculptor Louise Nevelson. "What I seek is anything that will work for me."  These tulips, not far from Louise Nevelson...

Sam Miller: A Clear Vision Means a Strong Voice for LMCC

Sam Miller: A Clear Vision Means a Strong Voice for LMCC

Sam Miller was appointed President of the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council last September. A devoted advocate for the arts, he was previously...

Meet a Lower Manhattan Business: Essex World Café

Meet a Lower Manhattan Business: Essex World Café

Step inside Essex World Café and you’ll feel the history.The walls are lined with pictures from September 11, 2001 and the following weeks—a...

Guest post: Grace A. Capobianco

Guest post: Grace A. Capobianco

Today's guest post is by Grace A. Capobianco, Publisher and Founder of DOWNTOWN Magazine. A Lower Manahttan resident, Grace has worked in magazine...

A Digital Meandering

A Digital Meandering

My Lower Manhattan Meanderings are a way for me--and you--to get to know Lower Manhattan a little better as I pick a direction and write about what...

Picture Lower Manhattan: The Sun Shines on Chase Plaza

Picture Lower Manhattan: The Sun Shines on Chase Plaza

On my way to work today, the sun's reflection off One Chase Manhattan Plaza was particularly striking. The 60-story skyscraper was completed in 1961....

Lower Manhattan is Where Everyone Wants to Be

Lower Manhattan is Where Everyone Wants to Be

By Elizabeth H. BergerWhen I moved to Lower Manhattan in the early 1980s, just 10,000 people lived here. My husband and I can remember life in the...