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Downtown Alliance Statement on Lower Manhattan Energy Program Extension

Downtown Alliance Statement on Lower Manhattan Energy Program Extension

Alliance for Downtown New York President Elizabeth H. Berger issued the following statement today after New York State Governor David A. Paterson...

Community Board 1 Embraces Principles of Downtown Alliance’s Plan to Strengthen

Community Board 1 Embraces Principles of Downtown Alliance’s Plan to Strengthen

The Alliance for Downtown New York today thanked Community Board 1 for supporting its proposal to strengthen the Water Street corridor through...

Downtown Alliance’s Hive at 55 Coworking Facility in Lower Manhattan Celebrates Six-Month Anniversary

Downtown Alliance’s Hive at 55 Coworking Facility in Lower Manhattan Celebrates Six-Month Anniversary

More than 150 budding entrepreneurs celebrated the six-month anniversary of the Hive at 55, the Alliance for Downtown New York’s co-working...

Leasing Activity Jumps in Lower Manhattan As WTC Redevelopment Progresses

Leasing Activity Jumps in Lower Manhattan As WTC Redevelopment Progresses

A report just released by the Alliance for Downtown New York finds that year-to-date leasing activity south of Chambers Street jumped 28 percent from...

TESTIMONY OF THE ALLIANCE FOR DOWNTOWN NEW YORK REGARDING CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER SITE AND THE FULTON TRANSIT CENTER

TESTIMONY OF THE ALLIANCE FOR DOWNTOWN NEW YORK REGARDING CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER SITE AND THE FULTON TRANSIT CENTER

Good afternoon Speaker Silver, Chairperson Brennan, Chairperson Brodsky and Chairperson Millman. I am Elizabeth H. Berger, president of the Alliance...

Number of Hotels Triples in Lower Manhattan

Number of Hotels Triples in Lower Manhattan

The number of hotels in Lower Manhattan has tripled since September 11, 2001, and the number of rooms in the district has increased by more than 60...

Downtown Alliance Presents Mulch Mania 2010

Downtown Alliance Presents Mulch Mania 2010

NEW YORK, January 6, 2009 — Getting rid of that rapidly shedding holiday tree is an annual postholiday headache. The Downtown Alliance has a...

Downtown Alliance Welcomes Daily News to Lower Manhattan

Downtown Alliance Welcomes Daily News to Lower Manhattan

The New York Daily News announced Monday that it will move its headquarters to 4 New York Plaza, joining a rapidly growing group of media companies...

River To River Festival and Downtown Alliance Launch Movie and a Meal Thursday Nights

River To River Festival and Downtown Alliance Launch Movie and a Meal Thursday Nights

The River To River Festival, New York City’s largest free summer arts program, begins its free movie nights on the Elevated Acre on Thursday...

Downtown Alliance Installs Two More NextBus Signs

Downtown Alliance Installs Two More NextBus Signs

The Alliance for Downtown New York installed two NextBus signs in Battery Park City last week, bringing the total number of signs along the free,...

DOWNTOWN ALLIANCE OFFERS NEW VISION FOR WATER STREET

DOWNTOWN ALLIANCE OFFERS NEW VISION FOR WATER STREET

The Alliance for Downtown New York today unveiled a plan to transform Water Street into a modern, competitive and animated boulevard to strengthen...

Downtown Alliance Spotlights Father’s Day Specials From Lower Manhattan Retailers, Restaurants and Museums

Downtown Alliance Spotlights Father’s Day Specials From Lower Manhattan Retailers, Restaurants and Museums

The Alliance for Downtown New York, which manages the Business Improvement District for Lower Manhattan, has highlighted a number of Father’s...