Karen Rempel waits for her cocktail date at 20 Exchange Place. ( Photo: Philip Maier) A FiDi Hidden Gem: Magnificent Art Deco Conwell Hall What is the most famous Art Deco building in New York that you’ve probably never heard of? It may well be a magnificent,... Home 10 Jul 2026 | 05:33
This 400-room hotel saw most of its guests evacuated onto Stone Street following an assault involving bear spray on the 20th floor. Two occupants were transported to an area hospital in stable condition. ( Photo: Double Tree by Hilton New York) FiDi Hotel Forced to Evacuate after Bear Spray Incident No arrests have been made thus far after a dispute over luggage prompted one woman to bear spray another woman, triggering... News 02 Jul 2026 | 02:31
Left: Looking up William Street from Pearl Street. Right: Looking west up Ann Street from Gold Street. ( Photos: Brian Berger) Council Member Marte Blasts Dept. of Transportation Study Delays In late August, not long before Council Member Christopher Marte declared his ambition to become the next Speaker of the... News 15 Sep 2025 | 02:34
Seventh-floor landing at 108 Greenwich St., home to TemptationsNYC and other businesses. ( Photo: Brian Berger) City Accuses FiDi Sex Club of Prostitution but Building Home to Other Mysteries Too If they don’t catch you coming, they might catch you going. This was the “clever” lead a reporter thought of when he heard... News 04 Mar 2025 | 03:48
The apartment building is the “first curated rental residence” in the city, according to its website, but chances of landing a spot by a new affordable housing lottery are very slim. Photo via Street Easy ‘Exhibit’ Opens Its Apartment Lottery, Again — With Only Four Vacancies A 2017 luxury apartment building in the Financial District is back on the affordable housing market. But this time around,... News 03 Jan 2023 | 04:26
On Twitter, “Trash Heaps of FiDi” (@FiDiTrash) documents Downtown’s trash pile problem. Photo from Trash Heaps of FiDi FiDi, a Haven For Pedestrians? Are sidewalks in Manhattan’s Financial District too narrow for carefree strolls (or, perhaps more commonly, hurried commutes)?... News 15 Jul 2022 | 02:41
Split Eights in the Financial District. Photo: Gaby Messino Split Eights is Doubling their Odds for Success Quarantine flooded New York with closing businesses, but a rare few opened for the first time. Split Eights, a coffee shop... News 02 Oct 2021 | 03:31
Memorial Lights, Sept. 11, 2020. Photo: Florin C, via Flickr Downtown: 20 Years After 9/11 Two decades ago, our world changed on Tuesday, September 11th with the largest terrorist attack on American soil at the heart... News 30 Aug 2021 | 08:44
The Lucerne Hotel on West 79th Street. Photo: Michael Oreskes Judge: Homeless to Remain at Lucerne, for Now The move of 230 men from a shelter at the Lucerne Hotel on the Upper West Side to the former Radisson in the Financial District... Home 04 Dec 2020 | 08:32
