This Holiday Season, Down is What’s Up!
With over 1,300 diverse shops, world-class restaurants and hotels, and iconic attractions, Lower Manhattan is exactly where you want to be this holiday season. Explore all our neighborhood has to offer—from shopping to dining to holiday deals and events. / Sponsored
In the News: Sheldon Silver Convicted on All Counts
Plus: What's next for his seat in the state assembly; FDNY rescued an injured red-tailed hawk near the World Trade Center.
Seen & Heard: Another Residential Conversion
Plus: "Inverted Warehouse-Townhouse" on the market; Community Board 1 agendas now include Cipriani traffic and a rooftop addition on Jay; Friends of Bogardus Plaza's "Holiday Sing" event.
Tonight: Come to the Seaport’s Tree Lighting Ceremony!
Start the holidays off right with the Seaport District’s tree lighting ceremony tonight at 6 p.m. We’ll have hot cocoa, a gift market, live music, and a chance to visit Santa. / Sponsored
In the News: The Newsstand Reinvented
Now at Brookfield Place. Plus: More on the mall's holiday light installation; Westfield World Trade Center tenant Jones the Grocer has rebranded; M5 bus route change. / 2 comments
Seen & Heard: Another Gallery Is Moving In
But which one? Plus: The Sterling Mason's deep canopy; more on that Worth Street fire; an update on new Brookfield Place stores; a movie about the pressures boys face. / 1 comment
Shop-Local Gift Guide (Part 2)
There's no law saying you can't pick up a little something for yourself, too, while you're out and about. In this round: Babesta, A Uno, Stillfried Wien, Grown & Sewn, and the Mysterious Bookshop.
A Proposed Newsstand Outside P.S. 234
Also on Community Board 1’s December agendas: Four Seasons liquor licenses; booze at Tartinery and Le Pain Quotidien; Peck Slip design concepts; M5 bus route change; Hank's Juicy Beef; Capsouto Park public art; Tunnel to Towers run; Pier A public seating; fecal contamination in the Hudson River. / 3 comments
Newsletter: Nov. 30
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Seen & Heard: Fire on Worth Street
Plus: Brookfield Place ice rink is getting iced; Livly children's boutique is open; Laughing Man's cookstove drive; S10 Training on Walker; Museum of Feelings. / 5 comments
A FiDi Time Capsule
As chains lay claim to the neighborhood, the old, dated signage is being replaced with the generic strip-mall stuff you see everywhere—and that's a pity. / 2 comments
Left rectangle ads redesigned
Robert Ripps book
History of Tribeca Buildings
This building has to hold the neighborhood and possibly the city record for continuous scaffolding, it most be 25 years... — Reademan / Conversion plans are set for Sofia Brothers warehouse on Franklin
The problem of W. Broadway's street crossings is the clearing of snow from the bike lanes. When the plows get... — K / More images from Whiteout 2026
Thanks for the reminder, Pam. Everyone, we know it’s beyond cold out so if you’re feeling cooped up on Monday... — Friends of Duane Park / Seen & Heard: Snow’s final act
The curb cuts remain a travesty! At least many of the sidewalks are clear now, although they were quite slippery... — AS / More images from Whiteout 2026
It's too bad that most of them never keep time accurately as well as not working at all! — Sonia Stock / Watching time in the neighborhood
https://www.untappedcities.com/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/sun-bldg-untapped-ny-jeff-reuben-005.jpg — James Bogardus / Watching time in the neighborhood
It would be hard to tell time from the last picture, from the Sun Building, as it shows a thermometer.... — Jeremy Woodoff / Watching time in the neighborhood