Author: Matthew Fenton

CB1 Takes Stand on Lower Manhattan’s Number One and Number Two Concerns (published May 11, 2023)

Deals on Wheels (Including Meals) Make Lower Manhattan’s Arteries Harder (published May 10, 2023)

Retail, Residential, and Commercial Space All Face Local Headwinds (published May 9, 2023)

Change of Pace as Local University Elevates Performing Art Program into New College Lower Manhattan has a brand new performing arts college. Pace University is expanding its nine-year-old School of Performing Arts (until now a branch of the University’s Dyson College of Arts and Sciences) into the Sands College of Performing Arts, which will launch...

Local Leaders Slam Decision to Move Ahead with Mostly Market-Rate Housing at World Trade Center Site A phalanx of Lower Manhattan elected officials and community leaders are condemning the announcement by the administration of Governor Kathy Hochul that residential development at Five World Trade Center (5WTC) will move ahead with only a slight increase to...

Faith and Food, Ganymede and Glaucus Inspire Pedagogic Perambulations The Downtown Alliance has designated the winners in its Walking Tour Incubator Grant Program. Each finalist will receive up to $12,500 to develop new walking tours in Lower Manhattan. The winners are the South Street Seaport Museum, which will escort guests on a journey around the...