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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:...

Mess Around Downtown: Off The Beaten Path

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,...

Battery Gardens

Battery Gardens

Do you ever have trouble making up your mind about where to eat? If so, let me suggest Battery Gardens as an exceptional and often forgotten location...

Picture Downtown

Picture Downtown

Congratulations to the winner of the Super Bowl. Whoever you are (can you tell this was written before the game was played?) your parade will not be...

Picture Downtown

Picture Downtown

Greenwich South graces the cover of Architect Magazine (apologies for the fuzziness). We already posted about this, but Greenwich South is near and...

Re:Construction

Re:Construction

This is the first of many Re:Construction-related posts to come, so I’ll begin with a brief description: Re:Construction is a program that recasts...

Picture Downtown

Picture Downtown

Looking for a "sign" of progress? Oh, that's rich. The W Hotel at 123 Washington Street just put up the signage for the restaurant that will occupy...