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DowntownNYC! was formed on November 8, 2001 at the Cherry
Lane Theater as a broad-based volunteer coalition of theater companies,
performing artists, galleries, museums, restaurants, businesses,
and pre-existing organizations & associations. It was established
to generate goodwill, to boost business, and to rally the spirits
of all who work and live downtown.
Downtown NYC!, Inc. is a fiscally sponsored organization of the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. (http://www.lmcc.net) TO CONTACT US To reach DowntownNYC!, to offer opinions, or to volunteer time or services, email Jonathan Slaff at: js@jsnyc.com or telephone (212) 924-0496. TO BECOME A DONOR Individual gifts and in-kind donations to DowntownNYC! are gratefully accepted. Donations are tax-deductable to the full extent permitted by law. To make a financial donation by credit card, please click here:
To make a financial donation by mail, please make checks payable
to Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, indicate "for DowntownNYC!"
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For more information about this site, contact Carolyn Sevos. Tickets to Downtown events are regularly available through: Ticket Web |
RECOMMENDED READING:
Gotham Gazette
The Villager/Downtown
Express
Lower Manhattan.info
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Special thanks to our Gov't Outreach Committee, JMTC Theatre, Theater for the New City, Citizen's Committee for NYC and all the dedicated volunteers on this project - Designer: Jana Soroczak and Photographer:Liséa Lyons. |
Best New Building: 7 World
Trade Center
Gazing down at the infinitely tragic footprints of the
pulverized Twin Towers, major American Architects and members of the
Municipal Art Society of New York had at least one Ground Zero success
to celebrate recently: 7 World Trade Center! By Glenn Loney
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If the light in the darkness of 9/11 was the extraordinary ability that revealed itself in ordinary people, Tim Tuttle is a musical version of that. He is not a professional musician, though you would never know it to see him onstage. But he is just a guy with a musical vision who really wants to tell this story.
Niche Business "Frames Up" an Impressive Recovery Many private businesses in Lower Manhattan are still on shaky ground, and a lack of aid combined with the limitations of their local customer base have caused them to flounder. The brave ones left are holding in. L & O Frame on Duane Street is one of many private niche businesses that, once greatly successful, is a case in point. By Kevin J. Wong.
Downtown Spirits DowntownNYC! profiles the Careerists--the tastemakers, business leaders
and civic activists who instruct us by their example.
Promoting Downtown Arts in Clearview Festival Productions' street fairs In the summer and fall of 2004, our "cultural concierge" program drummed up audiences for arts institutions in a series of neighborhood-based promotions, using space in Downtown street fairs donated by Clearview Festival Productions.
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Very First Guide To Community Tourism in NYC By Sheryl Lee and Nicole Edwards, with 
OUR 2004 ARTISTS' WRITE-IN: PRESS CLIPPINGS: What happened to New York's artists after 9/11? Silent victims of the tragedy The attacks of September 11 significantly impacted the arts and entertainment
sector, causing far-reaching effects on the livelihoods of individual
artists, both those self-employed and those employed by others.
PRESS CLIPPINGS: How bad was 9/11 to New York's Downtown theaters? Assessing the damage The
Importance of the Arts to New York City’s Economy
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