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Will Meat Become Moot? A One-Day Conference Weighs The Future Of Food.

The Impossible Burger or pork grown in a petri dish — what’s better? The ethics of meat (and the question of going meatless) in the age of climate change is clearly on people’s minds. Ask anyone who's frequented Amanda Cohen's new plant-based...

Will Meat Become Moot? A One-Day Conference Weighs The Future Of Food.

Will Meat Become Moot? A One-Day Conference Weighs The Future Of Food.

The Impossible Burger or pork grown in a petri dish — what’s better? The ethics of meat (and the question of going meatless) in the age of...

River To River Returns!

River To River Returns!

This weekend, as part of its 40th Anniversary year, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) launches the 2013 edition of the annual River To...

Q&A with Stephen J. Friedman, President of Pace University

Q&A with Stephen J. Friedman, President of Pace University

Stephen J. Friedman became president of Pace University on June 4, 2007.  We sat down with him recently to talk about everything Pace and life in...

53,000 Students Hit the Books in City’s Fastest-Growing School Zone

53,000 Students Hit the Books in City’s Fastest-Growing School Zone

 By Liz BergerI just went to my 30th college reunion, yet I still organize my year by the school calendar! Just as I’m settling into Lower...

Meet a Lower Manhattan Business: Aroma Espresso Bar

Meet a Lower Manhattan Business: Aroma Espresso Bar

A taste of Israel has reached Lower Manhattan with the arrival of Aroma Espresso Bar. The popular coffee and pastry chain in Israel offers everything...

Developing Lower Manhattan: Pace University

Developing Lower Manhattan: Pace University

Pace University’s Lower Manhattan campus is meeting steeper student demand with new housing – so that all residential students will be able to...

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...

An Interview with Martin I. Kagan, Pace’s Director of Cultural Affairs

An Interview with Martin I. Kagan, Pace’s Director of Cultural Affairs

Martin I. Kagan has served as Director of Cultural Affairs at Pace University since 2010. The Downtown Alliance recently sat down with him to ask...

Bookish Lower Manhattan

Bookish Lower Manhattan

Best-sellers? New York City history? Coffee table books? Mysteries? From niche bookstores like New York City’s CityStore to a plethora of museum...

Community Planting Day

Community Planting Day

I can’t believe that Saturday, May 1, was my third Spring Community Planting Day at Wall Street Park!It was the most inclusive community planting...

And Now a Word From Our Sponsors

And Now a Word From Our Sponsors

As we approach the opening day of the Hive, construction moves forward and I continue to tie up loose ends to outfit the space. As we work on...

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...