Lower Manhattan might not have the same historically cool reputation as, say, the Lower East Side, but we pack in a surprising amount of hipness.

Climate Week NYC is back with over 1,000 events from September 20 to 27. This week is put on by the Climate Group alongside the United Nations and the City of New York, all in pursuit of the same goal ...

It’s shredding time: on Saturday, October 3, we’re pulling out our shredding truck and clothing bins for our annual fall shred-a-thon. This year, though, we’re shaking things up a little — instead of ...

Mark your calendars: the Food Network’s New York City Wine & Food Festival, presented by Invesco QQQ, returns to Lower Manhattan from October 15 through 18. The festival, as always, will be a bonafide ...

Climate Week NYC is back with events all over the city from September 20-27. Battery Park City is hosting its own cluster of programming this year. Here’s what’s happening on the waterfront. Rounding ...

It might be a cliché, but NYC really is everybody’s favorite movie setting. That’s especially true for us at the Downtown Alliance, and what began as idle office chatter gradually transitioned into an ...

The New Year’s Eve champagne’s been drunk, the new planner’s been purchased and you’ve already written the wrong date at least twice — that’s right, it’s 2026! This is a special year for downtown, one ...

We might be biased, but we’d argue there’s no better place to be a kid than Lower Manhattan. After all, there aren’t many places where you can visit an urban garden to harvest your own snack, build ...

The Alliance for Downtown New York’s quarterly report provides data on commercial office, retail, residential, hospitality and development projects from Q4 2025. Major findings include: 1.57 Million ...

It’s summer, which means it’s officially spritz season in NYC. And while you can’t go wrong with a classic Aperol or Campari option, there are several venues in Lower Manhattan that put a unique twist ...

Foley Square is the city’s legal heart, surrounded by stately courthouses like the New York Supreme Court and the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse. Long ago, it was the exact opposite: the ...

Here they are! The 100 best restaurants in Lower Manhattan — well, at least, these are 100 restaurants in Lower Manhattan. You see, the Downtown Alliance believes all the places that reside across our ...