Miscellaneous

Some Relaxing New Open Spaces Will Grace Downtown's Streets

Some Relaxing New Open Spaces Will Grace Downtown's Streets

As summer heats up, Lower Manhattan’s throngs of workers, visitors and residents will be searching for open spaces to have lunch and soak up some...

Construction Update: Nassau Street’s Rehab Work Moves Forward

Construction Update: Nassau Street’s Rehab Work Moves Forward

As part of the City’s reconstruction of Fulton Street, the Department of Design and Construction is rebuilding Nassau Street from Ann Street to...

Construction Update: Nassau Street’s Rehab Work Moves Forward

Construction Update: Nassau Street’s Rehab Work Moves Forward

As part of the City’s reconstruction of Fulton Street, the Department of Design and Construction is rebuilding Nassau Street from Ann Street to...

Deconstruction Update

Deconstruction Update

The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation announced on June 18 that deconstruction of the building at 130 Liberty Street is making significant...

Bennie’s Thai Cafe: A Hidden Gem on Fulton Street

Bennie’s Thai Cafe: A Hidden Gem on Fulton Street

As you walk down Fulton Street and dodge the never-ending construction work, you could easily miss a booming business, and some of the best Thai...

Bennie's Thai Cafe: A Hidden Gem on Fulton Street

Bennie's Thai Cafe: A Hidden Gem on Fulton Street

As you walk down Fulton Street and dodge the never-ending construction work, you could easily miss a booming business, and some of the best Thai...

Visiting the Rise of Wall Street

Visiting the Rise of Wall Street

If there is one thing I have learned from working in Lower Manhattan, it is that the area is constantly changing. I rarely turn a corner without...

A Community of Neighbors Grows & Flourishes

A Community of Neighbors Grows & Flourishes

By Liz BergerI moved to Lower Manhattan almost three decades ago.  It was the frontier, and only my banker friends knew how to get here, but I loved...

A Community of Neighbors Grows & Flourishes

A Community of Neighbors Grows & Flourishes

By Liz BergerI moved to Lower Manhattan almost three decades ago.  It was the frontier, and only my banker friends knew how to get here, but I loved...

Community Planting Day

Community Planting Day

I can’t believe that Saturday, May 1, was my third Spring Community Planting Day at Wall Street Park!It was the most inclusive community planting...

The Need To Respond

The Need To Respond

When a humanitarian crisis takes place somewhere in the world, many of us are overtaken with compassion and emotion. From tsunamis in Asia, to...

Happy Earth Day, Lower Manhattan

Happy Earth Day, Lower Manhattan

Lower Manhattan remains in the vanguard of the green revolution. We’re not just planning it, we’re living it.But much has changed since the first...