Big Gambol

Gibney Dance is launching its inaugural spring season in Lower Manhattan with “Making Space,” a 14-week series featuring dance, theater and multimedia artists. The program begins Thursday (February 26) with “El Regreso (The Return),” by Mariangela López. In this piece, the Brooklyn-based, Venezuelan-born choreographer explores the solo form in a ritualized dance that transposes the...

To Dedicate the Viaduct

The founder of Battery Park City has proposed naming its last major piece of infrastructure in honor of a longtime civic champion of Lower Manhattan. Charles Urstadt, the founding president and chairman of the Battery Park City Authority, in a speech delivered at a January 28 dinner celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the Downtown Alliance,...
Robert Douglass (left), longtime chairman of the Downtown Alliance, and Charles Urstadt (right), former president and chairman of the Battery Park City Authority, at a January dinner honoring the twentieth anniversary of the Alliance, where Mr. Urstadt proposed naming the planned West Thames Bridge in honor of Mr. Douglass.

This Joint Is Jumpin'

The equivalent of 1 out of every 26 Americans visited Lower Manhattan in 2014. These 12.4 million tourists, a 30 percent surge from 2013 levels, are just one indication of the ongoing real estate renaissance documented by a new report from the Downtown Alliance. “Lower Manhattan Real Estate Year in Review: 2014” illustrates that the...

This Joint Is Jumpin’

The equivalent of 1 out of every 26 Americans visited Lower Manhattan in 2014. These 12.4 million tourists, a 30 percent surge from 2013 levels, are just one indication of the ongoing real estate renaissance documented by a new report from the Downtown Alliance. “Lower Manhattan Real Estate Year in Review: 2014” illustrates that the...

Help Redesign the Skyline

When is the last time a developer asked the Downtown community what features should be included in a new Lower Manhattan skyscraper? Trinity Church, which is redeveloping its building at 74 Trinity Place (along with a smaller structure next door, at 68 Trinity Place), is inviting stakeholders (including local residents) to participate in a series...

Theatre Verite

“One Day,” a powerful new musical about the complicated lives of young people, will open Thursday at Lower Manhattan’s 3-Legged Dog (3LD) Art and Technology Center. “It’s about all the issues facing teenagers today, from bullying to drug abuse to sexual awakening,” says Michael Sottile, who wrote the score and book for “One Day,” as...