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...
View ArticleBuilding 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...
View ArticleDowntown: 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...
View Article“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...
View ArticleResidents 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...
View Article“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...
View ArticleHouston 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...
View ArticleShelley 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...
View Article“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...
View ArticleDowntown 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...
View ArticleElectricity 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...
View ArticleLower 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...
View ArticleIn 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...
View ArticleLate, 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...
View ArticleWhat 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 —...
View ArticleWith 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...
View ArticleLate, 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...
View ArticleRevealed: 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...
View ArticleBrad 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...
View Article428- 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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