Skip to main content

Tag: Battery Park City

Once Again, the Financial District Thrives as Live-Work Community

Once Again, the Financial District Thrives as Live-Work Community

By Liz BergerOur mission at the Alliance for Downtown New York is to advance Lower Manhattan as a global model for a 21st century central business...

Spring Ahead In Lower Manhattan

Spring Ahead In Lower Manhattan

By Manny LalaThe weather is getting warmer, daylight savings is in full swing, crocuses are peaking through the wintery soil and Lower Manhattan is...

Lower Manhattan’s Museum ‘Smile’

Lower Manhattan’s Museum ‘Smile’

By Liz BergerUptown may have Museum Mile, but Lower Manhattan has a veritable Museum “Smile,” an s-curve of history, art and design institutions...

Lights On…In Lower Manhattan

Lights On…In Lower Manhattan

By Kelly RushNow that it’s January and we’ve eaten far too much and feel disgusted with ourselves, I thought I’d mention a health food...

Meet a Lower Manhattan Business: Francois Payard Bakery (FPB)

Meet a Lower Manhattan Business: Francois Payard Bakery (FPB)

Francois Payard, renowned pastry chef and chocolatier, has opened the second outpost of his bakery FPB in Battery Park City. It’s the perfect spot...

Downtown Connection Rolls Out New Fleet

Downtown Connection Rolls Out New Fleet

Now, you can ride around Lower Manhattan in style– the Downtown Alliance’s brand new fleet of seven Downtown Connection buses has hit the...

Picture Lower Manhattan: Duck Tales from the Winter Garden

Picture Lower Manhattan: Duck Tales from the Winter Garden

It appears that not all the ducks have begun to fly south for the winter just yet!  While Mother Nature is busy deciding whether autumn has actually...

Putting Down Roots Here? Join Us at Bowling Green

Putting Down Roots Here? Join Us at Bowling Green

By Liz BergerLower Manhattan is the city’s oldest—and also newest—neighborhood.It is where George Washington was inaugurated as President in...

For New Parents Living Downtown

For New Parents Living Downtown

This fall, new and expectant parents living Downtown are invited to bring their babies for a new Sunday morning series at the Museum of Jewish...

A League of Their Own

A League of Their Own

The Downtown Soccer League formally kicked off the fall season this weekend with the reopening of the new turf field in Battery Park City. In...

Meet a Lower Manhattan Business: Shake Shack

Meet a Lower Manhattan Business: Shake Shack

Shake Shack has opened in Lower Manhattan!Shake Shack’s reputation was undeniably established following the success of its original Madison Square...

Picture Lower Manhattan: Wagner Park

Picture Lower Manhattan: Wagner Park

Once upon a time, in the early 1980s, Lower Manhattan was famous for Wall Street and for Creative Time’s Art on the Beach, a popular public art...