Picture Lower Manhattan: A View Grows in Brooklyn
Last Sunday I spent a few hours on a harbor tour with the Audubon Society searching for seals and winter birds. While we only saw glimpses of harbor...
A Taste of Ireland in Lower Manhattan
This Saturday, March 17th, Lower Manhattan will be home to a festive St. Paddy’s Day at the many venues celebrating this special holiday.St....
Setting Sights on the Seaport
Last night, we headed over to a Community Board 1 meeting in which the Landmarks and Seaport/Civic Center committees learned details about the plan...
Lower Manhattan’s Museum ‘Smile’
By Liz BergerUptown may have Museum Mile, but Lower Manhattan has a veritable Museum “Smile,” an s-curve of history, art and design institutions...
Picture Lower Manhattan: New York by Gehry
New York by Gehry at 8 Spruce Street is the tallest residential building in the Western Hemisphere and the 11th-tallest in the world. Designed by...
Lights On…In Lower Manhattan
By Kelly Rush In the name of one of the businesses I’m featuring today, benvenuti, or welcome! This week, we take you from Japan to Thailand to...
The Hive at 55: Buzzing with Activity
Daria Siegel is Director of the Alliance for Downtown New York’s Hive at 55, the largest coworking facility in Lower Manhattan. She helped launch...
An Interview with Martin I. Kagan, Pace’s Director of Cultural Affairs
Martin I. Kagan has served as Director of Cultural Affairs at Pace University since 2010. The Downtown Alliance recently sat down with him to ask...
Lights On…In Lower Manhattan
By Kelly RushIt’s not spring yet, no matter how tightly I squeeze my eyes and pretend it is, so in this edition I’m focusing on treats to help...
A Love Story: ‘We Built a New Life with Each Other in Lower Manhattan’
The Downtown Alliance proudly announces the winner of the Lower Manhattan Love Story, a contest in which 45 people told us how they fell in love in...
