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Owen for Business

Welcome back to Owen for Business!  I’m Michael Owen, and this will be the final installment of Owen for Business.  I'm leaving the Alliance to...

Geranium Lovers Occupy Bowling Green Park!

Geranium Lovers Occupy Bowling Green Park!

The rain held off yesterday and nearly 4,000 Bowling Green Park geraniums found themselves in the arms of thousands of Lower Manhattan residents and...

Shop, Dine, Save Big and Support NYC Teens

Shop, Dine, Save Big and Support NYC Teens

Here’s a great promotion for a great cause: Futures and Options, New York City’s premier youth workforce development program--founded by the...

Top 10 Reasons to Bring a Geranium Home

Top 10 Reasons to Bring a Geranium Home

Hello, Lower Manhattan! It’s that time of year again! The autumn breeze is here and it’s time to officially usher it in by giving away the 4,000...

The Tale of the Straggly Geranium and How It Won a Reluctant Heart

The Tale of the Straggly Geranium and How It Won a Reluctant Heart

By Cheryl CuddebackCheryl Cuddeback is a guest blogger. This year' s Adopt-a-Geranium Day is Wednesday, October 12 between 10 AM and noon in Bowling...

Meet a Lower Manhattan Business: Nassau Fulton Optical

Meet a Lower Manhattan Business: Nassau Fulton Optical

Photo by Marla S. MaritzerWhile many Lower Manhattanites are familiar with Nassau Fulton Optical, they may not be aware of its long history in the...

Geraniums Rule!

Geraniums Rule!

It began as a handful of people showing up just before 10 o’clock last year, but within minutes that trickle became a flood. Hundreds – soon...

For New Parents Living Downtown

For New Parents Living Downtown

This fall, new and expectant parents living Downtown are invited to bring their babies for a new Sunday morning series at the Museum of Jewish...

A League of Their Own

A League of Their Own

The Downtown Soccer League formally kicked off the fall season this weekend with the reopening of the new turf field in Battery Park City. In...

Picture Lower Manhattan: Double Check

Picture Lower Manhattan: Double Check

This bronze sculpture by J. Seward Johnson, depicting a businessman looking in his briefcase, was originally installed in 1982 in the middle of what...

Meet a Lower Manhattan Business: SoulCycle

Meet a Lower Manhattan Business: SoulCycle

Do you like spinning but hate the former drill sergeant your gym hired to yell in your face while you try to workout in a healthful and focused way?...

News Clips: September 12-16, 2011

News Clips: September 12-16, 2011

DOWNTOWN Magazine’s “App Of The Week”: Downtown Alliance AppDowntown MagazineThe Alliance for Downtown New York launched a mobile app on...