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Downtown Alliance in the News
Scroll down for press releases and Downtown Alliance President Elizabeth H. Berger's monthly Downtown Dialogue columns in the Downtown Express.
Constructive Ideas for City's Eyesores
The Wall Street Journal
August 30, 2010
Richard Pasquarelli's digital paintings are making construction sites around the city a little nicer to look at. Three of the artist's works—one of which, "Restore the View," went up Saturday on Barclay Street—are part of the latest installment of the Alliance for Downtown New York's public-art program, known as Re:Construction.
Leasing Activity Jumps in Lower Manhattan
The Real Deal
July 28, 2010
Year-to-date leasing activity south of Chambers Street climbed 28 percent from 2009 to approximately 1.4 million square feet, according to a report released today by the Alliance for Downtown New York.
Public Piano on Broad Street Entices Tourists and Locals
DNAinfo
July 13, 2010
A colorful piano that had been one of the 60 that were scattered across the city for the “Play Me, I’m Yours” public art project has moved to Broad Street under an agreement between the artists who created it and the Downtown Alliance.
Dressing Up a Construction Site
The New York Times
July 25, 2010
Construction sites in Lower Manhattan are numerous, and many are dressed up with contemporary art. The latest such installation — a map of imaginary terrain with a large river snaking around lakes and tributaries — surrounds Titanic Park, at Fulton and Pearl Streets.
Hotel Bed Counts Ballooning Downtown
Crain's New York Business
June 30, 2010
The number of hotels in Lower Manhattan has tripled since 2001, according to the Alliance for Downtown New York.
Downtown, A Plan to Redefine Water Street
The New York Times
June 21, 2010
The leaders of the downtown business community want to breathe new life into Water Street. Fearing that big employers will not be attracted to a half-mile stretch that could be replicated in any other big city, the Alliance for Downtown New York has drawn up a plan to "redefine Water Street as an engaging commercial boulevard."
Startup CEOs tell all about divided workspace: Price is right and biz leads are added bonus
The New York Daily News
June 21, 2010
An increasing number of New York’s freelancers and employees who work remotely miss the buzz and creativity of an office setting, and find their own home, neighborhood library or nearby café too much of a distraction. That's where so-called co-working facilities come in. They can be found throughout the city. At one of them, Hive at 55, set up by the Downtown Alliance at 55 Broad St. in lower Manhattan last December, rates are about $25 per day for shared workspace. When the Hive is hopping, 50 people might be there.
Financial District Rallies as Residential Area
The Wall Street Journal
May 29, 2010
Manhattan's Financial District is known as the home of Wall Street, not a residential destination. But it also has become just that. Today below Chambers Street, there are 27,881 residential units and 55,000 residents, up from 13,901 units and 24,400 residents in 2000, according to the Alliance for Downtown New York. Additions have come from both new apartment towers and conversions of obsolete office buildings.
Downtown's Population Boom Seen Rolling On
Crain's New York Business
May 18, 2010
Lower Manhattan has experienced a tremendous population boom over the last 15 years and still ranks as one of the fastest growing neighborhoods in the city, according to the Downtown Alliance's 2010 Survey of Lower Manhattan Residents.
The Hive at 55: A Haven for Freelancers in NYC
The Huffington Post
April 5, 2010
Many people welcome the autonomy and flexibility of freelance work, but also yearn for the social networks and support services that they had in a workplace. Working at your dining room table or the local coffee shop can be lonely. The Hive at 55 meets many of those needs and is becoming a community as well as a workspace for freelancers.
More Lower Manhattan Subsidies Extended
The New York Observer
March 30, 2010
The state Legislature has voted to extend a set of subsidies for Lower Manhattan, adding four years to a set of incentives installed in 2005 as part of a downtown recovery package. The Downtown Alliance worked with elected officials to ensure the extension.
New trend: 'Co-working,' where people share office space
USA Today
March 19, 2010
Co-working" businesses offer homey environs for people to work, brainstorm and drink as much free coffee as they like. "Our biggest selling point is as a community," says Daria Siegel, director of Hive at 55 in New York. Since it opened in December, more than 50 people have become regular members.
8 Reasons to Consider a Coworking Space
Inc.
March 18, 2010
When an entrepreneur who was working at Hive at 55, a non-profit coworking space in Lower Manhattan that is run by the Downtown Alliance, needed some bookkeeping help, director Daria Siegal matched him with a CPA who had also worked at the Hive.
Lower Manhattan year-in-review shows some positive signs after a mostly gloomy 2009
The Real Deal
March 4, 2010
Lower Manhattan ended year with activity on the rise and vacancies on a recently-rare downward trend, according to the Alliance for Downtown New York's Real Estate Market Year in Review for 2009.
A Design Icon Stops Traffic in New York
Elle Décor
March 4, 2010
While a Four Seasons hotel tower is being built in Lower Manhattan, a marvelous piece of outdoor art does double duty as both a way to hide the construction and bring some fun to a New York neighborhood: Walking Men 99, part of the Downtown Alliance's Re:Construction program.
A Hive Buzzing with New Media Startups
Crain's New York Business
February 12, 2010
"People do appreciate that it is so much cheaper than renting your own office space in Manhattan," said Elizabeth Berger, president of the Downtown Alliance. "But what they really like is being able to work by themselves with others who are doing the same. They want a community--that hum of activity you hear in an office."
Dining Calendar
The New York Times
February 9, 2010
The Downtown Alliance’s Valentine's Day culinary walking tour led off another season of Downtown Eats events.
Letter: The 9/11 Trial
The New York Times
February 2, 2010
Real Estate Board of New York President Steven Spinola and Downtown Alliance President Elizabeth H. Berger issued a response to a New York Times editorial that called the outcry over plans to hold the 9/11 trials in Lower Manhattan as "not-in-my-backyard-ism."
Working in the Company of Strangers
The New York Times
February 1, 2010
The Downtown Alliance’s Hive at 55 is one of a handful of coworking spaces that have sprouted up in New York.
9/11 trials will "wreak havoc" on nabe: REBNY
The Real Deal
January 27, 2010
Downtown Alliance chairman Robert R. Douglass and Real Estate Board of New York president Steven Spinola are urging the move of the September 11 attack trial out of Lower Manhattan. "The community has suffered enough," Douglass said.
Greenwich South Study Wins Progressive Architecture Award
Architect Magazine
January 20, 2010
The Downtown Alliance's Greenwich South urban design study poses a single question: What if… ? write Architect's editors. "The question is so simple, yet so integral to the progressive practice of architecture, that we applied it to all the recipients." It reflects "the simple truth that good design is no more or less than intelligent, bold speculation. Asking the right questions can lead to solutions that are worth celebrating."
New York's Architectural Eyesores Become Public Art
Fast Company
January 19, 2010
There's even more reason not to cringe at the cranes and diss the dumpsters: just think of them as public art.
Bringing Some Whimsy to Construction Sites
The New York Times
January 15, 2010
Downtown Alliance president Elizabeth H. Berger is using art to improve daily life. With materials like fencing or construction barriers as a canvas, she said, she hopes to create "a little cheer, whimsy and excitement."
A Better Walk Through the Garage?
Downtown Express
December 11, 2009
Downtown Alliance President Elizabeth H. Berger told Community Board 1 that it's time to make the Battery Tunnel Garage more pedestrian-friendly.
Perfect Paper
The New Yorker
November 16, 2009
Ian Parker accompanies the Downtown Alliance on a 5am confetti delivery run for a Talk of the Town story.
Float Hopes; Parade Brings Extra Business to NYC Merchants
Fox Business.com
November 6, 2009
Downtown Alliance Chief Operating Officer Bill Bernstein discusses how to prepare for a parade that typically involves more than 30 tons of confetti.
NYC Celebrates Pinstripe Glory
The New York Post
November 6, 2009
Downtown Alliance sanitation workers bag confetti for the Yankee victory parade in a New York Post photo.
Unlike Paris, NYC's Free Bikes Survived the Summer
NewYorkology.com
November 3, 2009
Though Paris’ bike sharing program is fraught with theft and vandalism, Lower Manhattan's Bike Around Downtown isn't.
Can "Greenwich South" Revitalize the "Lower West Side"?
Metropolis Magazine
October 1, 2009
The Downtown Alliance has a vision for the 23-block area south of the World Trade Center site, known as Greenwich South.
Filling Downtown's Donut Hole
The Architect's Newspaper
September 20, 2009
The Downtown Alliance's Greenwich South study envisions the long-neglected area as a catalyst for a new "Lower West Side."
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