Meet a Lower Manhattan Business: Essex World Café
Step inside Essex World Café and you’ll feel the history.The walls are lined with pictures from September 11, 2001 and the following weeks—a...
Guest post: Grace A. Capobianco
Today's guest post is by Grace A. Capobianco, Publisher and Founder of DOWNTOWN Magazine. A Lower Manahttan resident, Grace has worked in magazine...
A Digital Meandering
My Lower Manhattan Meanderings are a way for me--and you--to get to know Lower Manhattan a little better as I pick a direction and write about what...
Picture Lower Manhattan: The Sun Shines on Chase Plaza
On my way to work today, the sun's reflection off One Chase Manhattan Plaza was particularly striking. The 60-story skyscraper was completed in 1961....
Lower Manhattan is Where Everyone Wants to Be
By Elizabeth H. BergerWhen I moved to Lower Manhattan in the early 1980s, just 10,000 people lived here. My husband and I can remember life in the...
First Pitch
After a long, cold winter, it was finally time to play ball in Lower Manhattan with the Downtown Little League (DLL) this weekend. Hundreds of...
Owen for Business: April 8, 2011
Lower Manhattan is officially Owen for Business!For those of you who enjoyed Mess Around Downtown and Joe on the Go, Owen for Business will continue...
Alexander Hamilton, Renaissance Man
Today's guest post is by Kristin Aguilera, Deputy Director at the Museum of American Finance.If you live or work in Lower Manhattan, you’re...
Progress
Construction continues to move forward at the World Trade Center site. Tower 1 is now at 56 stories, and the glass facade now covers the first 27...
Play Ball!
The Downtown Alliance supports the Downtown Little League, which kicks off the season this coming Saturday with a parade and carnival featuring Mr....
