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Main Street NYC: The Bowery, Manhattan

WNYC's Brigid Bergin takes us to a five-block stretch of the Bowery, from Houston to Delancey streets. The street is still home some century-old institutions like the Bowery Mission and specialized...

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Building Collapse Closes Streets in Lower Manhattan

There's a street closure in lower Manhattan as emergency personnel clears the site of this morning's three-alarm building collapse.A five-story building at 69 Reade Street has suffered a partial...

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Downtown: World in a Word

For decades, the term 'downtown' described the experimentalism of music, art and culture in lower Manhattan. On Wednesday, WNYC's Soundcheck explored how that shorthand definition is changing in a live...

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“What's Opera, (Doc)?”

If the central idea of opera is people singing, then why are these pieces still called operas?  We’ll hear music from Laurie Anderson’s “United States,” Robert Ashley’s “Perfect Lives,” and Philip...

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Residents Pick up on New Directional Signs in Brooklyn

Out-of-towners in Downtown Brooklyn can now use 78 new directional signs to keep from getting lost in the borough. The signs are complete with colorful maps, points of interest and quotes paying homage...

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“What's Opera, (Doc)?”

If the central idea of opera is people singing, then why are these pieces still called operas?  We’ll hear music from Laurie Anderson’s “United States,” Robert Ashley’s “Perfect Lives,” and Philip...

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Houston to Get Free Downtown Shuttle After Six-Year Gap

(Photo courtesy of Houston Downtown Management District)Many cities offer free shuttles to help people move around their downtown areas.  Fort Worth, Texas has "Molly the Trolley" which takes visitors...

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Shelley Hirsch - Where Were You Then?

Vocalist/composer Shelley Hirsch has been opening ears in the downtown New York scene for decades. As an improviser she’s brought her lightning reflexes, wild imagination, and vocal virtuosity to...

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“What's Opera, (Doc)?”

If the central idea of opera is people singing, then why are these pieces still called operas?  We’ll hear music from Laurie Anderson’s “United States,” Robert Ashley’s “Perfect Lives,” and Philip...

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Downtown Businesses Still Struggle After the Storm

One month after Sandy, business is still very much disrupted in downtown Manhattan.Take Wall Street Wine Merchants. The store rebuilt its flooded basement and reopened right before Thanksgiving. But...

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Electricity Restored, Downtown Office Buildings Work to Rebuild Confidence

The biggest office building in New York City – actually, the biggest office building anywhere east of the Mississippi River – is a structure you’ve probably never heard of: It’s 55 Water Street. It's a...

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Lower Manhattan Has Bounced Back from Sandy, Study Says

Four months after Sandy, downtown Manhattan has largely recovered, according to a study from the Downtown Alliance.It finds 99 percent of commercial office space and residential space has been...

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In Memoriam, Elodie Lauten

For this New Sounds program, we’ll look back at the music and career of the underrated and often overlooked French-born, New York-based composer and keyboardist Elodie Lauten, who died earlier this...

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Late, Overbudget and Awe-Inspiring: Downtown Transit Hub Takes Shape

Over the weekend, the World Trade Center site reached another milestone, as the final steel element of the PATH downtown transit hub was put into place.The project, designed by Santiago Calatrava, is...

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What Makes Your Downtown Great?

The Atlantic's James Fallows reminds us that vibrant, healthy downtown districts don't just magically appear  — they're the result of deliberate, careful planning through the years. So, listeners —...

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With Silver’s Ouster, Downtown Could Lose Its Preferential Treatment

The end of the legislative session in Albany has brought much wrangling over tax breaks for real estate developers. But little attention has been paid to another group of expiring subsidies: tax breaks...

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Late, Over Budget, the World Trade Center Mall Opens to Mixed Customer Reviews

It went way over budget, and arrived years late. But on Tuesday, the retail mall beneath the World Trade Center opened to the public. It’s a decidedly upscale marketplace. With a Dior, a Longines and a...

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Revealed: The WTC Performing Arts Center

One of the last pieces of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex is finally coming into view.Designs have been released for the performing arts center, to be named for businessman Ronald Perelman...

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Brad Whiteley Quintet at Cornelia Street Café

Brad Whiteley Quintet at Cornelia Street CaféTickets: $10, plus $10 drink minimum. 21+. Show at 8 pm. Keyboardist Brad Whiteley has toured in Regina Spektor’s band, and played in the pit band for the...

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428- Beneath the Skyway

Cities around the world have distinctive modes of transportation -- the canals of Venice, the double-decker busses of London, and the Twin Cities (of Minneapolis and St. Paul) have skyways. In both...

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