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Hive at 55 Getting Bigger and Better with Age

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
More than 100 folks celebrate the Hive at 55's 6-month anniversary

More than 100 folks celebrate the Hive at 55's 6-month anniversary

It’s hard to believe, but the Hive at 55 is now 6-months old. Yesterday, we raised a glass and celebrated this anniversary with friends, partners, and members that have supported us along the way.

We have partnered with countless organizations and had hundreds of individuals walk through our door and join our community.  It’s been amazing to become a resource for the many small businesses, entrepreneurs, and freelancers in New York City.

The Hive is definitely “on the map” when it comes to the greater technology and startup communities.

The celebration started at 6 PM, just about the time when our members start to wrap up their day. With drinks supplied by The Greene Grape and delicious food from Harry’s Italian, we pushed “play” on the stereo and let the fun begin!

We saw so many familiar faces: a mix of current members,  Meetup organizers, friends of our community, and even some new folks who have been supporting us from afar.  A women-based entrepreneur club was even discussed to empower the women of the Hive!

You can check out some of the festivities at our Flickr page. More than 100 people attended the party, including more than 20 members of our co-working community (some even brought their kids!).

The Hive will continue to evolve based on the people who work here. Their personalities and professional needs, as well as their input on programming and events, are what make the Hive a special place to do business.  We look forward to celebrating our first year with everyone and seeing what changes are made in the next six months!

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Are you the next Ben Folds or Billy Joel?

Monday, June 21st, 2010

Sing for Hope Piano on Coenties Alley at Stone Street

If you want to tickle the ivories during your lunch break – or during any daylight hours – here’s your chance to kick back and impress your friends. A piano now sits at Coenties Alley at the foot of Stone Street until July 5th as part of the Sing for Hope program; 59 others are spread out across the city as well. If you happen to have any photos or video, send us your best ones at ContactUs@DowntownNY.com and we may be able to show off your musical prowess.

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Exceptional Service Awards

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

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The century-old vault at 115 Broadway is an exceptional setting for a bar and restaurant.  Built by the Mosler Safe Company, it was floated by barge down the Hudson River and then rolled into place on railroad tracks. The vault’s two identical doors weigh 35 tons each, and today, they welcome guests into the Trinity Place Bar & Restaurant—a showcase for cuisine as well as Lower Manhattan history.

On Tuesday, May 4, the restaurant was the site for the Downtown Alliance’s 10th annual Exceptional Service Awards breakfast, which honored six individuals instrumental in making Lower Manhattan a better place to live, work and visit. Like the restaurant itself, the honorees in different ways have helped Downtown use its unique blend of history, charm and  functionality to become a vibrant, 21st- century, global community.

The award winners were Deputy Chief Vincent Giordano of the New York Police Department; Glenn Kaalund of the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation; Luis Sanchez of the New York City Department of Transportation; Keith O’Connor of the  Department of City Planning; Paul Goldstein, from the Office of New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver; and Jeremy Moss of Silverstein Properties.

“From streetscape and park improvements, to advocacy and security services, the recipients—from the public and private sectors—played a major role in helping create the remarkable and livable work in progress that is Lower Manhattan,”  said Elizabeth Berger, President of the Downtown Alliance.

The recipients spoke of their dedication to their respective organizations and of the passion they have for doing their jobs well in Lower Manhattan.

The event was yet another reminder of why Lower Manhattan is one of the most distinct and robust neighborhoods in the world.

You can see our photos of the event on flickr.

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Count Down Downtown

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

Looking for the perfect way to celebrate 2010?  Not interested in the crowded bars of MidTown or the crush of Times Square?  Why not take the opportunity to bring the new year in “in style”.  From Wall Street to Stone Street to a cruise around the Harbor, Lower Manhattan is offering plenty of ways to remember auld lang syne.

Cipriani Wall Street

This years New Years Eve Party is located at 55 Wall Street Restaurant (2nd & 3rd floors)

The celebration will commence at 9:00pm until 3:00am

This year’s theme will be Black and White

It will host 2 DJ’s (featuring The Famous DJ Jacques) With Two Separate Dance Floors

This event includes:

A delicious Four Course Meal:

Lobster Salad

Uovo in Raviolo

Roasted Veal Chop

Chocolate Soufflé

Accompanied with:

Cipriani Red & White Cuvee Wine

A Champagne Toast at Midnight

Additional Bottle Service also available

Party Favors provided by Cipriani

Sexy Attire is Required!  The Price for event is $200.00 per person before tax and gratuities.

Space will be limited so please call or contact @ (646) 723-0897 or ebonnetain@cipriani.com

Credit Card information is needed to secure your reservation

South Street Seaport Water Taxi Cruise

(from the Broadsheet Daily)

Dec. 31 will mark the end of the first decade of the 21st century. It will also be a night of the “blue moon” – that is, the second full moon in the month, which, as the expression indicates, doesn’t happen very often. Perhaps a good way to celebrate the occasion would be aboard one of the ships that will ply the Hudson River with ample amounts of Champagne aboard, some food, music, dancing and noisemakers at midnight. Here are some suggestions.

Zephyr: Circle Line Downtown’s luxury yacht has large enclosed spaces for partying and several open decks for the hardy. Revelers on the two-and-a-half-hour cruise will find an open bar, hors d’oeuvres and a live DJ with dancing. The boat is equipped with 10 flat screen TVs on which guests can watch the Times Square ball drop so they can whoop and holler at the appropriate moment. Departs from Pier 16 in the South Street Seaport. Boarding at 9:30 p.m. Sails at 10 p.m., returning at 1 a.m. Tickets, $209 (must be 21 or over with valid ID). For more information or to purchase tickets, click here.

Manhattan: The Manhattan is a lovely and intimate luxury yacht launched in the spring of 2006 that replicates the boats that used to go up and down the Hudson River in the 1920’s, taking their owners from their Hudson Valley estates to their homes and offices in New York City. On New Year’s Eve, the vessel will carry 44 passengers in its heated, glassed-in lounge and outdoor decks. The four-hour New Year’s Eve celebration will include hors d’oeuvres, beer, wine and Champagne, music and fireworks. (Mixed drinks/cocktails are not included, and are available for purchase.) To preserve the evening’s ambiance, guests are asked to dress in formal and festive attire. Departs from Chelsea Piers, (near 22nd Street on the Hudson River) at 9 p.m., returning at 1 a.m. (Exact meeting location details will be provided upon purchase of tickets.) Tickets, $325.  For more information or to purchase tickets, click here. On New Year’s Day, Jan. 1, 2010, the Manhattan will offer a brunch cruise, sailing at 10:45 a.m. and returning at 1:30 p.m. Tickets, $125. For more information or to purchase tickets, click here.

Audubon: Statue Cruises, which ferries people to and from the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, offers a New Year’s Eve cruise aboard its recently renovated luxury yacht, the Audubon. The evening includes an open bar, hors d’oeuvres, dancing and a Champagne toast at midnight. Departs at 9 p.m. from Battery Park, returning at 1 a.m. Tickets, $185. For more information, call 877-523-9849 or click here.

Cabana: Guests aboard World Yacht’s Cabana will celebrate New Year’s Eve with an open bar, hors d’oeuvres, music, dancing, a midnight Champagne toast and party favors. Boarding begins at 9 p.m. with a 10 p.m. departure from Pier 81 at West 41st Street, returning at 1 a.m. Tickets, $190. For more information or to purchase tickets, click here.

Mad Dog & Beans

$80 per person Includes:
Dinner and All you can drink Top Shelf Open bar from 9 p.m.- 1 a.m.
Champagne toast at Midnight
Traditional Party favors

Special guest DJ

For tickets or to RSVP contact Alina at 212.269.1177 or alina@maddogandbeans.com

To purchase tickets online or go directly to www.maddogandbeans.com

AQCUA at Peck Slip

NEW YEAR’S EVE DINNER PARTY – CENONE DI CAPODANNO
at ACQUA Restaurant, In The Heart Of The Seaport Historic District.

Four Courses Italian Traditional Banquet prepared by Executive Chef Ciro Santoro, Paired with Four Exceptional Italian Wines.

RESERVE YOUR TABLE TODAY!
For more info and reservations Tel. 212-349-4433
www.acquarestaurantnyc.com

Onda Restaurant

1st Seating: from 6:30pm to 8:45pm

4 course special menu included with 1 cocktail

$65 per person (taxes included)

2nd Seating: from 9:00pm to 12:00am

4 course special menu included with 1 cocktail & champagne toast

$85 per person (taxes included)

Open Bar Package Options

Package 1: 12:00am to 4:00am

Open Bar $65 per person

Package 2: 4 course dinner + 4 hours of Open Bar

$125 per person

Music by:

Dj Luigi D’Esposito (Italy)

www.ondaNYC.com

SUteiShi

Help Your Wallet Help You!

‘Buy One, Get One Free’ with your meal, for hot sake, beer and glasses of wine

24 Peck Slip at the corner of Front Street

Perle

Perle NYC is offering a Prix Fixe Menu for this year’s Celebration:

$45

Amuse Bouche

herb goat cheese and roasted red pepper

Appetizers

Foie Gras Poele

pan seared foie gras pear pouched in red wine

or

Noix De St Jacques

roasted scallops with bacon and chestnut polenta

or

Escargots

on feuillette

Les Plats

Tournedos De Bœuf aux champignons

beef filet mignon, morel mushroom sauce and potato gratin

or

Poulet Roti

roasted chicken, mixed vegetables, and truffle oil

or

Lotte

monked fish, anis bread crust and sweet potato

Desserts

Chocolate Pot De Crème

with homemade cookie

Or

Panacotta

strawberry and lychee pancetta and sabayon champagne

or

Buche De noel

sponge cake with chocolate and brownie

Harry’s Brings in 2010

Harry’s Cafe & Steak will be hosting their third annual New Year’s Eve celebration with a three course pre-fixe dinner complete with a champagne toast at midnight for $75.00 per person. Seating begins at 9pm and guarantees your party a table through midnight, with dancing, djs, screens to watch the ball drop, and plenty of surprises. Looking for somewhere to enjoy dinner before heading out uptown? Come between 6pm and 8:30pm and receive our three course pre-fixe for only $45.00. Menu options include Harry’s jumbo shrimp cocktail, homemade ricotta gnocchi, butter poached lobster, dry aged filet on the bone, and many more. For reservations and more information, call 212-785-9200.

Ulysses’ Folkhouse will also be hosting a New Year’s celebration this year. Join Stone Street’s most popular pub to ring in 2010 with nonstop DJS, party favors and a complimentary champagne toast at midnight. As always, there will no cover, so come early! Reservations are limited, but can be made by calling 212-482-0400.

Harry’s Italian, located at 2 Gold Street, will also be open for New Year’s Eve this year. Join us for drink specials, complimentary pizza bites, and music throughout the evening. Don’t fall asleep on an empty stomach–Harry’s will be open until 4am on New Year’s eve for eat in or take out to ensure that your late night pizza craving is fulfilled! Hosting the party at your place this year? Inquire with us about our catering platters, available for pick up or delivery on New Year’s Eve.

Stone Street’s latest addition, the luxury wine bar Vintry Wine & Whiskey, will also be open on New Year’s Eve. Reservations are required for tables, and are extremely limited. Reserve today by calling 212-480-9800.

SHO Shaun Hergatt

Featuring a lavish 5-course tasting menu; Reservations now being accepted for two dinner seatings

5:30pm-7:00pm: Champagne upon arrival and a 5-course tasting ($150/person)

9:00pm: Champagne upon arrival, decadent 5-course tasting and rose champagne at Midnight ($250/person)

Live Music and Dancing in the Pearl Lounge & Bar until 1am.

212-809-3993

40 Broad Street, 2nd Level


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Community Planting Day

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

red-tulipsThis year in planning our fall Community Planting Day at Bowling Green Park, we decided to have a free pumpkin giveaway for kids. In addition to planting 1,500 red tulip bulbs in preparation for the spring, kids will have the opportunity to get a gourd and decorate it in time for Halloween!

I think this event will be a hit with City kids. My own family had a trip planned for pumpkin picking to Lancaster Pennsylvania. That trip was canceled by my daughter’s impromptu virus – do kids only get sick when you plan to go away for a weekend? So, we will be home, in the City, for the next few weekends, and will need to rely on local resources for our pumpkin decorating experience.

Last year, we did a fall Community Planting Day and gave kids potted flowers to take home, but I think this is a better reward for helping beautify Bowling Green Park – the oldest public park in New York City.

I hope you will join us on Saturday, October 17th from 11AM to 1PM for some light refreshments, pumpkin decorating and, of course, tulip bulb planting. We will be out there rain or shine, so stop by – maybe next year we will add face painting?

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Adopt A Geranium

Monday, October 5th, 2009

An hour before last year’s adopt a geranium day event, there was a line around the perimeter of Bowling Green Park.

This fall, I’m hoping for more of the same.

Last year, in an effort to involve the Downtown community in beautifying our open spaces, we managed Adopt-A-Geranium Day (check out a few photos from the event). Though we were unsure whether many people would show up to claim a free potted geranium from Bowling Green Park, a hoard of Downtown workers showed up on a crisp fall day.

As the event progressed, I saw that people were not just there to be handed a plant. Perhaps to the surprise of the many women in heels and men in ties, their work cubicles and office lighting didn’t sap their bodies of outdoor spirit entirely. They rolled up their sleeves, grabbed trowels and got dirty.

On October 7th and 17th, it’ll be time to do it all again.

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This year we are once again offering Adopt a Geranium Day on Wednesday, October 7th from 10:30AM to 12:30PM. In addition, we will also have our Fall Community Planting Day on Saturday, October 17th, from 11AM to 1PM.

The Adopt a Geranium event will provide participants with a free geranium from the Bowling Green Park, in preparation for our fall tulip bulb planting. Participants will also have the opportunity to dig up their own geranium and pot, if they so choose. The Downtown Alliance will provide woven recyclable totes to carry home the potted geranium. For Fall Community Planting Day, we will have free pumpkins for participants to decorate, in addition to bulb and kale planting.

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