May 21, 2012
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IN THE NEWS :
High Point for New York’s New Downtown
5/16/2012
Real Estate Weekly
Lower Manhattan isn’t just for Wall Street anymore. With a growing residential population and an influx of office tenants in creative services and other industries, the post-9/11 downtown is setting a new standard for urban lifestyles
PROFILE: Downtown Lunch'er & Downtown Alliance President "Liz"
5/15/2012
Midtown Lunch
As is customary here on Midtown Lunch, every Tuesday we’ll profile a different lunch’er and get their recommendations for places to eat in Downtown NYC. This week, we have the president of the Alliance for Downtown NY, Liz Berger, who not only works...
One World Trade Center to recapture the N.Y. skyline
4/30/2012
American Public Media: Marketplace
Sorry, Empire State Building -- you had a good run. At least all this construction at One World Trade is good news for downtown Manhattan. That neighborhood is back. Right?
Put NYC’s Lower Manhattan in the Palm of Your Hand
4/12/2012
ftnnews.com
If you’re visiting New York City, the Downtown Alliance is your handy access to 18 hotels, 78 meeting and event spaces, more than 30 museums and attractions, 1,100 restaurants and shopping destinations, and much, much more. The Downtown Alliance...
Downtown Manhattan on the Up and Up
4/10/2012
Commercial Observer
For much of the past decade the only hope for a broker looking to make money off of Downtown office space was to do a deal like 70 Pine Street: Take a lavish 62-story Art Deco headquarters that was once owned by a spectacularly failed financial firm...
State's Increased Tax Reprieve On Clothing Takes Effect
4/2/2012
NY1
Shoppers across the state will now be able to save some extra cash when they hit the stores. The state is dropping its four percent sales tax on clothing and shoes less than $110. It went into effect Sunday. Clothing and shoes up to $110 are already...
Freedom Tower Reclaims New York City's Iconic View from the Top of the 'World' Ten Years After 9/11
3/18/2012
The Daily News
One World Trade Center is soaring into the stratosphere at such breathtaking speed that it will rise above the roof of the Empire State Building in four to six weeks — and claim its crown as New York’s tallest building.
The Battery Is Up!
3/17/2012
The New York Post
Battery Park City was starving. For years, residents crossed the highway to eat further east. And no hungry TriBeCan or FiDian ever wandered west to BPC. But things have changed. Suddenly the Hudson riverfront neighborhood is a hot destination for...
Recent Reports Show Downtown’s Numbers are Only Going Up
2/24/2012
Downtown Magazine
Things are always looking up for Lower Manhattan. Several recently release reports have shown that in 2011, tourism and apartment leasing figures took strong turns up. According to the Downtown Alliance’s 2011 Review, 9.8 million tourists visited...
What is this, Park Slope?
2/23/2012
The New York Post
It’s official: The Financial District has become the new Park Slope. In a neighborhood better known for ruthless corporate go-getters, some 1,086 babies were born in 2010 — a 12 percent increase over the previous year. And the birth rate is expected...
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LOWER MANHATTAN VIDEO
Lower Manhattan is the place to be! This Downtown Alliance video highlights Lower Manhattan as a prime destination in which to work, live, play and visit.
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