Picture Lower Manhattan: Zuccotti Park
Zuccotti Park has had quite a history. Formerly called Liberty Plaza Park, it was built in 1968 in return for a height bonus for an adjacent...
Guiding Visitors Through A Difficult Chapter in New York City History
A former television newsman, Philip O'Brien was always in the middle of major news stories during his fast-paced career. Two years ago – after...
Meet a Lower Manhattan Business: Essex World Café
Vivia Amalfitano’s family, which owns Essex World Café, watched the first World Trade Center towers being built, and now has a front-row seat to...
Developing Lower Manhattan: Fiterman Hall
In just a few weeks the Borough of Manhattan Community College launches the 2012-2013 academic year with the opening of the new, 14-story Fiterman...
British Memorial Garden at Hanover Square Renamed to Honor Queen Elizabeth II for her Diamond Jubilee
Yesterday, Downtown Alliance President Elizabeth H. Berger and Chairman Robert R. Douglass joined the Very Reverend Dr. John Hall, Dean of...
Picture Lower Manhattan: The 9/11 Memorial
The 9/11 Memorial is powerful, moving, beautiful -- and it may be easier to describe through a camera lens than to put into words. The top photo is...
THE POST-9/11 TRIUMPH OF LOWER MANHATTAN
By Liz BergerLower Manhattan is back—and better than ever.On September 11, 2001, the worst terrorist attack ever on American soil took 2,752 ...
Picture Lower Manhattan: View of the World
The National September 11 Memorial Plaza--a solemn space where visitors can remember and honor the lives lost during 2001 and 1993 terrorist...