It Takes Time to Turn a Space Around – Amy Wilson
Artist Amy Wilson, in her signature style, has created for the West Thames Park construction fence an ensemble cast of child-like characters who...
Picture Downtown
Jumping ahead 100 years from our last Picture Downtown, here's a shot from 1900 of St. Paul's Church and Broadway replete with trolleys, horse drawn...
West Thames Park Construction
Construction is progressing at West Thames Park in Battery Park City. The park, located on West St (9A) between West Thames and Albany Sts closed...
Picture Downtown
A colleague recently was asking around trying to figure out how much of what we consider Lower Manhattan (below Chambers Street) is built on...
Picture Downtown
Not sure what movie this filming was for, but it makes for a sweet Picture Downtown imho. Got a favorite picture of Downtown? Send it to...
Picture Downtown
Check out this shot of the Brooklyn Bridge circa 1888. Trains went over the bridge from its opening until 1948. Incidentally, the bridge shares a...
Celebrating Downtown
Every year, on the first Saturday after the New Year, I gather my friends for a dinner. Not to celebrate times past, or the start of something new,...
Bee Careful What You Wish For
This is just my second blog post on the Downtown Diary and already I'm revealing my deepest, darkest secrets. I'm really into weather. I mean:...
Battery Gardens
Do you ever have trouble making up your mind about where to eat? If so, let me suggest Battery Gardens as an exceptional and often forgotten location...
Picture Downtown
Congratulations to the winner of the Super Bowl. Whoever you are (can you tell this was written before the game was played?) your parade will not be...
