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Picture Lower Manhattan: The Pearl Street Pop-up Café

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...

Owen for Business

Owen for Business

Welcome back to Owen for Business! I’m Michael Owen, and in the spirit of the upcoming July 4th holiday, this week I'll feature a variety of new...

Meet Our Staff: Jeremy Schneider

Meet Our Staff: Jeremy Schneider

MEET OUR STAFFJeremy SchneiderAVP Technology and Online CommunicationsHow long have you worked at the Downtown Alliance?I started here about four...

Meet a Lower Manhattan Business: Yorganic

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

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...

A New Grace Note on Stone Street: The Dazzler Arrives

A New Grace Note on Stone Street: The Dazzler Arrives

A walk around Lower Manhattan often  ends with a relaxing drink or al fresco dining, but good music was on the Stone Street menu Thursday morning...

What Makes Them Run? An Excellent Cause

What Makes Them Run? An Excellent Cause

I just had a huge lunch from Toloache Taqueria on Maiden Lane. Do I feel bad about overeating? Not today. Why? Because yesterday, I, along with a...

Meet a Lower Manhattan Business: Ryan Maguire’s Ale House

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

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...

Dine Around Downtown Returns!

Dine Around Downtown Returns!

Where can you get Naked Cowboy Oysters, Cajun Rib-Eye Steak, Yucatan Cerviche, and Lobster Mac and Cheese, chased with Belgian Chocolate S’mores...

Owen for Business

Owen for Business

Welcome back to Owen for Business! From the South Street Seaport to Battery Park City, an array of new establishments has just opened that will...

A Wi-Fi Meandering

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...