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Construction Update: 4 World Trade Center

Construction Update: 4 World Trade Center

Construction work is progressing on 4 World Trade Center (foreground) as seen in this picture from March 3, 2010. Silverstein Properties, the...

Our First Fight…

Our First Fight…

So, the Hive has now been open for three months.  I find it hard to believe time has flown by so quickly when it seems like just a few short weeks...

For Dogs Who Care – There’s Doggy Daycare

For Dogs Who Care – There’s Doggy Daycare

It was like sending your kid off to kindergarten for the first time. Got all of his shots? Check. Lunch? Check. Favorite toy along for the ride?...

For Dogs Who Care – There's Doggy Daycare

For Dogs Who Care – There's Doggy Daycare

It was like sending your kid off to kindergarten for the first time. Got all of his shots? Check. Lunch? Check. Favorite toy along for the ride?...

Picture Downtown

Picture Downtown

Continuing our Lower Manhattan Summer Anticipation Series, here is an image of the line for Picnick's BBQ Kiosk in Wall Street Park. MMMMMMMMMM.

Hive at 55 – Common Theme: Food?

Hive at 55 – Common Theme: Food?

Here at the Hive we are definitely getting a variety of members. We've seen start-up companies, the occasional journalist, a lot of freelancers, and...

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...