https://www.otdowntown.com/features/healthy-manhattan/tomato-is-revered-today-but-it-was-once-feared-as-poison-apple-YY6098427 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-08-10T19:18:31-04:00 Tomato Is Revered Today But it Was Once Feared as “Poison Apple” https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/woman-eating-a-tomato_4-10991876_20260807184222.jpg If she was in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries, she would not dare eat that tomato which was given the feared nickname “poison apple.” In the modern era, not only is it revered as as a tasty and versatile food, the tomato has serious and newly discovered health benefits. https://www.otdowntown.com/city-arts/phil-chan-and-georgina-pazcoguin-s-groundbreaking-film-redefines-ballet-YG6091098 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-08-11T15:58:43-04:00 Phil Chan and Georgina Pazcoguin’s Groundbreaking Film Redefines Ballet https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/about-face-disrupting-ballet_4-10987866_20260806135257.jpg Georgina Pazcoguin is featured in “About Face: Disrupting Ballet.” The documentary shows how she joined the fight to rid the ballet world of negative Asian stereotypes. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/phil-chan-1_4-10987869_20260806135258.png Phil Chan is a director and choreographer. He is also featured in the documentary, “About Face: Disrupting Ballet.” https://www.otdowntown.com/news/judge-temporarily-blocks-pied-a-terre-tax-orders-mamdani-public-list-takedown-YC6105067 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-08-11T16:25:36-04:00 Judge Temporarily Blocks “Pied-à-Terre” Tax, Orders Mamdani Public List Takedown https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-08-11-at-4-24-08-pm_4-10997010_20260811162517.png NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani backed up his “pied-à-terre” tax during a press conference on an unrelated topic on August 10 after a Staten Island Supreme Court judge issued a temporary block on the new surcharge. https://www.otdowntown.com/news/chelsea-downtown-manhattan-events-aug-13-19-EH6108503 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-08-12T12:06:59-04:00 Chelsea & Downtown Manhattan Events: Aug. 13-19 https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/washington-square-via-washingtonsquar_4-11000431_20260812120701.jpg washington square via washingtonsquarepark.org https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/stavros-niarchos-foundation-via-www_4-11000435_20260812120702.jpg Stavros Niarchos Foundation via www.snf.org https://www.otdowntown.com/home/mta-hopes-to-cool-off-subway-platforms-with-thermal-tech-HH6108988 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-08-12T17:26:44-04:00 MTA Hopes to Cool Off Subway Platforms With Thermal Tech https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/55455529414-72042e8b9b-k_4-11001703_20260812163848.jpg The MTA hopes to one day create a “thermal energy network” that would radically cool off the interconnected Chambers Street and Brooklyn-Bridge City Hall subway stations. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/55454374412-03ea34ff23-k_4-11001708_20260812163849.jpg An $800,000 feasibility study on such a “thermal energy system” at the Lower Manhattan station is underway, with Mayor Zohran Mamdani (above) needing to cool off during an August 10 presser held there.