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Picture Downtown

Picture Downtown

I call this piece, "Lush Lower Manhattan" and is it ever. Just a reminder of how nice it is down here when we aren't wading through February slush.

Mess Around Downtown: February 25, 2010

Mess Around Downtown: February 25, 2010

Welcome back to Mess Around Downtown!This week's additions to the Downtown Directory help confirm my theory that a steady movement of food artisans...

It Takes Time to Turn a Space Around – Amy Wilson

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

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

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

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

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...

Happy Hours, Meetups, Mashups and More!

Happy Hours, Meetups, Mashups and More!

This was an exciting week at the Hive.  We hosted our first monthly happy hour on Tuesday, which felt like a great milestone.  It was nice to see...

Picture Downtown

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...

Mess Around Downtown: February 18, 2010

Mess Around Downtown: February 18, 2010

Welcome back to Mess Around Downtown!Winter can't stop me from walking my beat, and it sure didn't stop new retailers from opening over the past few...

Celebrating Downtown

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

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:...