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Adopt A Geranium

Adopt A Geranium

An hour before last year’s adopt a geranium day event, there was a line around the perimeter of Bowling Green Park.This fall, I’m hoping for more...

What Would You Do With Greenwich South?

What Would You Do With Greenwich South?

This week, the Downtown Alliance launched a visioning study of Greenwich South, the 41-acre trapezoid immediately south of the World Trade Center....

A New Point of View

A New Point of View

As I race to work in the mornings, I literally run into throngs of tourists all doing the same thing: looking up. Wherever I am – near the Stock...

What I Learned Downtown

What I Learned Downtown

I’ve recently gone through a rough stretch Downtown. First, a friend of mine and I decided to go visit our favorite sandwich place, Casual...

A Downtown Happy Hour

A Downtown Happy Hour

What is the best part of a workday?  The end of it, of course!And what better way to spend a blissful work-free evening than at one of Downtown’s...

Lose Yourself Downtown

Lose Yourself Downtown

 I've never admitted this before, but I got lost once.  (Yes, just once, ever).  As an urban-planner-type who harbors a mild obsession with maps...

Take It Outside

Take It Outside

As summer started winding down (sniff), I felt as though I didn’t take full advantage of the beautiful weather we had. Oh, I took a couple...

Get Your Fill of Falafel

Get Your Fill of Falafel

Take a walk down to Zuccotti Park and try and ignore the line of vendors hawking their wares along the southern curb. Amidst the hordes of tourists...

A Sweet Downtown Experience

A Sweet Downtown Experience

Do you know what I bought last Friday for my family? Chocolate. And not just any chocolate, my friends. I’m talking about the most unique and...