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Statement regarding the WTC Summit by Elizabeth Berger, President of the Alliance for Downtown New York:

Statement regarding the WTC Summit by Elizabeth Berger, President of the Alliance for Downtown New York:

Nothing is more important to Lower Manhattan’s future as an international business center than rebuilding the World Trade Center site. Progress...

A Dozen Reasons Why Lower Manhattan is the Place to Be

A Dozen Reasons Why Lower Manhattan is the Place to Be

There are certain things about Lower Manhattan most New Yorkers know: It’s a global center of commerce. It has narrow, winding streets, unlike...

Downtown Alliance Hails Renewed Focus on WTC

Downtown Alliance Hails Renewed Focus on WTC

“We believe that the renewed focus on the World Trade Center prompted by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Mayor Michael Bloomberg is an...

Save Money, Go Green and Have Fun: Take a Tour of Historic Lower Manhattan on Free Bike

Save Money, Go Green and Have Fun: Take a Tour of Historic Lower Manhattan on Free Bike

The Alliance for Downtown New York is offering workers, residents and visitors another great reason to work, live and play in Lower...

Downtown Connection Offers Free Bus Service To Downtown Culture Pass Attractions

Downtown Connection Offers Free Bus Service To Downtown Culture Pass Attractions

Downtown Alliance Service Takes Riders to All Eight Participating MuseumsThe Alliance for Downtown New York’s free bus service—the...

STATEMENT OF THE ALLIANCE FOR DOWNTOWN NEW YORK REGARDING THE FULTON TRANSIT CENTER

STATEMENT OF THE ALLIANCE FOR DOWNTOWN NEW YORK REGARDING THE FULTON TRANSIT CENTER

Good evening, members of the World Trade Center Redevelopment Committee.I am Elizabeth H. Berger, president of the Alliance for Downtown New York,...

Downtown Alliance and NYC Parks Department Beautify Lower Manhattan with MillionTreesNYC

Downtown Alliance and NYC Parks Department Beautify Lower Manhattan with MillionTreesNYC

City plants eight more trees as part of ongoing initiativeThe New York City Department of Parks & Recreation planted eight more trees throughout...

Downtown Alliance Supports New York Academy of Sciences’ ‘Angel Life Network’

Downtown Alliance Supports New York Academy of Sciences’ ‘Angel Life Network’

Investment Program Will Promote Innovation and Match Healthcare Startups with Early-Stage FundingThe New York Academy of Sciences launched the Life...

Downtown Alliance, Community Board 1 Sponsor Green Around Downtown: Community Planting Day 2008

Downtown Alliance, Community Board 1 Sponsor Green Around Downtown: Community Planting Day 2008

Lower Manhattan residents will plant more than 500 annuals and perennials as part of Green Around Downtown: Community Planting Day 2008. The...

Lower Manhattan is NYC’s Newest Media Hotspot

Lower Manhattan is NYC’s Newest Media Hotspot

New wave of media tenants moves Downtown; latest to sign a deal is newly formed Newsweek Daily Beast CompanyIt has been decades since printing...

“DOWNTOWN THIRD THURSDAYS” LECTURE SERIES FEATURES PROMINENT AUTHORS, ARCHITECTS, CIVIC LEADERS EXPLORING LOWER MANHATTAN THEMES

“DOWNTOWN THIRD THURSDAYS” LECTURE SERIES FEATURES PROMINENT AUTHORS, ARCHITECTS, CIVIC LEADERS EXPLORING LOWER MANHATTAN THEMES

The Alliance for Downtown New York is proud to announce the schedule for its fifth annual Downtown Third Thursdays lecture series. The series...

DOWNTOWN DIALOGUE: Use This Code For a Great Holiday

DOWNTOWN DIALOGUE: Use This Code For a Great Holiday

If you’re like me, you’re always saving those little scraps of paper you ripped out of a magazine or catalog or brochure—reminders...