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
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
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
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!
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
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
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
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
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:...
Mess Around Downtown: Off The Beaten Path
Welcome back to Mess Around Downtown!People are always trying to tell me, The Mess, that there is nowhere to eat down here. After a momentous pause,...
