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o o small downtown business needs marketing Marrhattan Cultural Council {LMCC)(212-219-9401), I’m visiting Lower Manhattan for the day and co g Lower Manhattan.info ■jsistance. Where can I turn for help? s nonprofit organization supporting artists and arts need help finding my way around. Is there organizations. You can also visit the AppleseedNYC somewhere I can go tor this? 1^ I "q help get the word out about your business^ try website (www.appleseednyc.corn), which links ■D c o contacting the New York City Department of Small residents and visitors to the arts and cultural offerings Try stopping by the Downtown Information Center at 25 CT o ieiness Services (SBS) (311), or Seedco (212-4733- o >255). Both assist businesses with a range of needs, in Lower Manhattan. Broad Street (212-425-INFO), where visitors will find on-site staff available to answer questions, as well as Information to Build On o' ■D Ca5 Studio artists can participate in the Tribeca Open free maps and brochures for the faking. Complete with o Artists' Studio Tour (TOAST) (212-479-7317), a series internet access, the center also allows visitors to check 3. .Ik 03 KJ

I of free art walks in which participants view artists' works in their studios. Fashion designers can contact out the Alliance for Downtown New York website (www.downtownny.oom), which features a comprehen - ri LowerManhattan.info provides news and information about Lower Manhattan through a free newsletter o o o the Young Designers Market (212-580-8995), which allows designers to sell their creations every Saturday at a Nolita market. sive listing of shops, restaurants, and services to help you find what you need. From the center's computers, you can also access www.LowerManhattan.info, which 3.1 KW A and website, www.LowerManhattan.Mo. This public information plan is led by the City of New York in c 3 features an interactive streetscape map to aid you in S ....... partnership with the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC), New York State, and the CD O There’s construction being done In my neighbor­ navigating the area by foot, bus, subway, and ferry. federal government, and is made possible by a grant hood and I’m interested in learning more about the 'i from the LMDC, which is funded through Community scope and schedule of work. Who can I contact?

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Eluding marketing. Or try the Downtown Business Network (212-839-0125), which connects Lower www.lowermanhattan.info/oonstruction. Here you’ll find f-r detailed information about daily construction activity )RGANIZATfONS LEND HELPiNGHAND PRiNG 200f Manhattan small businesses with the greater business to.--. associated with dozens of projects currently underway OL 3 ISSUE 2 community through an online directory. or soon to begin. ( v ‘ ; 5i# ■(2________________• Mtemativety, businesses can also choose to work directly My Mock can sometimes be very noisy, and I’m not Scratch the surface of Lower Manhattan's many vibrant neighborhoods and you'd find countless organizations - business, community, and cultural - all working to make a vdlunleer professional through MBAs4MYC sure where to register complaints. What should I do? downtown an even better place than it already is. Some provide marketing and technical assistance for small businesses. Others connect residents eager to volunteer with 612-402-7830) to devise a marketing plan, valuable projects in need of support. In this issue of the LowerManhattan.info newsletter we hope to show you - through real-life accounts, an information-rich map, and fess ■=»aj» To voice concerns about noise in your neighborhood, ii-j answers to questions submitted by readers - just how to find the services and opportunities you're seeking. Several neighborhood organizations, like the Lower East Side Business Improvement District (BID) ALLIANCE FOR DOWNTOWN NEW YORK Alliance’s help, she replaced the front windows with biF iil»S (212-226-9010) and the Tribeca Organization ^2-066-0063), are (also available to assist area I'-' • / < AIDS BUSINESSES, RESIDENTS folding doors that open onto the street. “It’s going to be so nice for the spring and summer," she says. “I can’t say . d teinessea, as is the Explore Chinatown tourism enough about how grateful I am for that kind of help." , How can 1 And out what events are taking place Step onto Stone Street and it's easy to lose track of where campaign (212-4B4-.1263) and the Alliance for £ downtown each week? you are. “It's an oasis in the middle of corporate towers,” Downtown New York (212-566-6700). says Danny McDonald, co-owner of Ulysses, an eatery that Downtown residents, of course, are among the lucky IS has been an essential part of the downtown block’s beneficiaries of the Alliance's work. Increased opportunity Since there's always something happening downtown, Asian American-owned businesses can also turn to the renaissance. He credits his co-owner, Peter Poulakakos, for area businesses means greater amenities for those Asian American Business Development Center many organizations have create calendars listing for having a vision of what the street could become. But he who call Lower Manhattan home. But the Alliance doesn't the successful productions that have gotten their stari fWDC) (212-966-0100) for support. ,.community events. The Alliance for Downtown New. . credits the Alliance for Downtown New York, the business stop there, instead, it views meeting residents' needs as through the residency program. York (www.clowntownny.com) and -■ an integral part of its mission and has created a range of improvement district (BID) responsible for the area south of LowerManhattan.info (www.LowerManhattan.info) Pm a downtown artist/designer looking for •opportunities to display my work. Are there I websites each feature comprehensive events listings. Chambers Street, for making it happen. resources for just that purpose. Lacking much visual art experience, Mayhorn was nonetheless inspired. She submitted a proposal for i programs downtown that can help? The LMCC (212-219-9401), World Financial Center, "They were the sparkplug," he says. “They came up One such resource is the "Childcare and Education social installation piece depicting the deaths of blaci take advantage of the city’s 311 system. Also fry (212-945-2600), AppleseedNYC (www. ' i with the idea of licensing on Stone Street." Indeed, Guide,” a 28-page publication providing information about woman lynched during the 19th and 20th centuries attending your local community board meetings (see appteseednyo.com), and South Street Seaport ; even before 9/11, the Alliance, as the BID is known for each of the area's schools, childcare "facilities, and kids' Entitled “A Woman Was Lynched the Other Day,” hei Artists looking to become more involved in the downtown art community can contact the Lower inside map) to bring attention to the issue and get Museum (212-748-8600) also list numerous events 1 short, had plans to make of Stone Street exactly what activities. Listing eveiything from tuition costs to whether proposed mixed-media exhibit telling the story of £ guidance on how to take action. that they sponsor. ' - McDonald describes - an urban oasis that would bring or not an afternoon snack is served, the guide reduces the female slave lynched by a mob for killing her owner’s to mind Paris or Rome. Though delayed by the events amount of research busy parents have to do, leaving more wife won her acceptance into the program. of that day, the desired results have certainly been time for family fun. Perhaps best of all, it's available for

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This year marks the Alliance's 10th anniversary serving The poignant exhibit she developed through HARF went on to garner national attention and eventus placement in a range of museums and galleries. Twt Lower Manhattan cooimues to reach new miiestones in the rebuilding process. To keep you up to date, each LowerManhattan.mfo newsletter provides a snapshot By working to get the area rezoned for al fresco dining - Lower Manhattan, and according to current president years after joining HERE's artist community, Mayhorr of recent accomplishments and plans in progress. and drawing upon area business owners for participation Carl Weisbrod, the future looks even brighter. “We are was named one of Essence magazine’s “30 Women t< now a permanent fixture in the community," he says. Walch," with the exhibit highlighted as one of her mos IN RECENT MONTHS I UPCOMING TO “The Downtown Alliance will be here for years to come, notable achievements. lending a hand to ensure that Lower Manhattan claims ♦ FEBRUARY 2005 ~ -• JULY 2005 its rightful position as the preeminent urban neighbor­ “HERE was where if all began.” Mayhorn says. “11 wa; Charles Maikish was appointed to head Completion of 4 Albany Street deconstruction hood of the 21 st century." the launching point for me to get involved in othe Lower Manhattan Command Center Completion of WTC slurry wall permanent reinforcement projects." Her career as a visual artist has only contin To team more about the Avarice for Downtowi New York, visit its ued to grow. Among other achievements, she has gon- New Whitehaii Feny Terminal op^ed — SUMMER 2005 website, www.downtownny.org. or call 212-566-6700. on to develop a series of installations as a feliow at Ihi Work on ths Fulton Street TransH Center began Completion of Wall Street Area Water Main project Whitney Museum of Art. and support - the Alliance helped transform the street. And AN ARTIST DISCOVERS HER CALLING Temporary memorial for victims of 1993 World trade Start of deconstruction of the former Deutsche Bank Building at that was just the beginning. Center bombing was dedicated at Ground Zero,- 130 Liberty Street ' All the while she has stayed involved at HERE.In a series c In 1998, then-film editor Kim Mayhorn spotted a sign work-in-progress showings at the center in January CXDT Street Management Project began on Church Street, addressing Start of South Ferry Subway Terminal construction In fact, the organization’s efforts to revitalize Lower Manhat­ posted outside an art center located next to her Mayhom collaborated with a group of dancers to preser pedestrian congestion near the WTC PATH staMn tan go well teyond Stone Street. Several blocks north, on downtown office, ft was an invitation to submit work to be “Zong," a choreographed piece depicting the Blac Conr^letion of Bowling Green Lexington Line escalator Maiden Lane, the Alliance has introduced a storefront considered for the HERE artists' residency program Atlantic, an undersea home to water-breathing Africans. Construction of South Feny Subway Terminal began improvement program to help existing businesses attract (HARP), which provides selected artists with studio Groundbreaking for permanent WTC PATH Terminai more customers. Thanks to its matching grants of up to space, feedback, Mid career development assistance for —:—• APRIL2005S’ “HEREis a center for the exdiange of ideas among artist -• LATE 2005 $4,000, Smail business owners can make changes they periods of one to three years. across disciplines, connecting artists and audience Second phase of 4 Albany Street deconstruction began Completfon of 7 World Trade Center couldn't otherwise afford. through work that transcends traditional boundaries Hudson River Park Pier 40 improvements were completed Founded in 1993, HERE is a non-profit organization Mayhom says with obvious appreciation. Opening of West Street Promenade “} needed to do something desperately to the storefront to devoted to helping emerging and mid-career artists ---------- • MAY 2005 make it more appealing,” says Pam Chmie!, owner of develop their work. Eve Ensier’s “Vagina Monologues" Start of de^stiiction of Fiterman Hall near Ground Zero HERE is located al 145 Sixth Avenue between DominkA and Spnr ’npM Wall Sbe^ Triar^le Park reconstruction was completed Klatch, a coffee shop at 9-11 Maiden Lane. With the and Basil Twist's “Symphonie Fantastique’ are among Streets. For more information, cail 212-647-0202 or visit www.hefe.orc r JA 2 i /I; Allocation plan announced (or remaining $830 million in LMDC funds

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