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Celebrate Independence Day with Great Lower Manhattan Fourth of July Deals

Friday, June 29th, 2012

Get ready to enjoy the fourth with friends and family with an array of activities found only in Lower Manhattan. Enjoy your independence this holiday with great food and fun for all by checking out these deals.

Fourth of July at the Museum of Jewish Heritage

Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Place
(646) 437-4202

Emma Lazarus gave voice to the Statue of Liberty and generations of newcomers to America. This July 4th, visit Emma Lazarus: Poet of Exiles at the Museum of Jewish Heritage and learn how the poet was inspired to craft an enduring message on exile, refuge, and the promise of America. The Museum is free from 4-8 p.m.

Celebrate July 4th with C21 and J&R – Spend $100 and get $10

J&R Music and Computer World
31 Park Row
(212) 238-9000

Century 21 Department Stores
22 Cortlandt Street
(212) 227-9092

Shop Downtown and score big at Century 21 Department Store and J&R Music and Computer World! Spend $100 at C21 and receive a J&R tote bag and $10 gift card. Spend $100 at J&R and receive a C21 tote bag and a $10 gift card. Don’t miss this great offer!

20% Off July 4th Firework Cruises with Statue Cruises

Statue Cruises
201-432-6321

Enjoy yourself under the skyline as the sun sets behind Lade Liberty and you watch New York’s legendary fireworks display. Enjoy sandwiches, salads, sides, non-alcoholic drinks and more while our DJ keeps you dancing! Cruise boards at Battery Park, NY. Call Paul at (551) 655-0277 or email at ptorres@statuecruises.com to book at 20% net rates.

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Show Mom How Much you Care by Treating Her at These Lower Manhattan Destinations

Friday, May 4th, 2012

With only a week to go before Mother’s Day, you’ve got multiple ways to show your appreciation for Mom in Lower Manhattan. The Downtown Alliance has compiled a list of special events and dining options for you to celebrate Mother’s Day 2012 in the district:

SHOPPING:

J&R Mother’s Day Shopping Event May 5th and 6th
23 Park Row
(212) 238-9000

Not sure what to get Mother’s Day? Come down to J & R’s two-day shopping event on May 5th and 6th and J & R will help you out! Skip the flowers this year and get her something a little more cutting edge — such as a tablet, digital camera, or mp3 player. Receive a pearl necklace with any purchase of $200 or more. This is an in-store-only offer available both days, while supplies last.

Bloom
255 Murray Street
www.bloomflowers.com|(646) 414-6269

The newly opened Bloom luxury flower and interior shop is a great place to purchase something to brighten mom’s day. The boutique sells unique flower and terrarium arrangements with one-of-a-kind gifts like throw pillows, scented candles from Christian Tortu and coffee table books as well as furniture for the home and garden.

MORE FLOWER SHOPS: City Blossoms, Downtown Florist, Eden Flowers, Flowers of the World, John Street Florist, and L’Atelier Des Fleurs

Hallmark Gold Crown
140 Church Street
www.hallmark.com | (212) 227-3674

A simple Mother’s Day card can’t be beat to show how much you care. Every mom likes to hear she’s doing a great job.

MORE GREETING CARDS: American Greetings, Diamond’s Hallmark and Papyrus

DINING:

Statue Cruises
Pier 40
(201) 604-2800

Enjoy wonderful cuisine, complimentary glass of champagne and live entertainment as you sail along the scenic New York Harbor. Help your mother indulge by relishing a two-hour yacht cruise with a full brunch buffet for $57.50 per person. A three-hour cruise is also available with a four-course seated dinner, DJ entertainment and one rose per mother for $99 per person.

Blue Planet Grill
120 Greenwich Street
www.bpgnyc.com | (212) 566-8300

Come to Blue Planet Grill with your mother and family and celebrate the special day together. Also, receive complimentary glass of wine with your meal.

Francois Payard Bakery
210 Murray Street
www.fpbnyc.com | (212) 566-8300

Indulge your mother with Francois Payard’s decadent pastries. The French pastry chef has mastered the art of sweets, and his Battery Park City location will transport your mother to faraway France.

MORE SWEETS: Fika Espresso Bar, Financier Patisserie, Godiva Chocolatier, La Maison du Chocolat and Leonidas Belgian Chocolates

Vintry
57 Stone Street | (212) 480-9800 | www.vintrynyc.com
230 Murray Street | (212) 240-9553 | www.vintryfinewines.com

Vintry luxury wine bar, now in two great locations, offers 80 wines by the taste, glass or bottle as well as over 230 different whiskies. Step into the distinctive, handcrafted interior and show your mother you appreciate her sophisticated palate.

MORE WINE & LIQUOR: Fulton Wine and Liquor, California Wine Merchants, New York Wine Exchange, Pasanella and Son Vintners, New York Vintners, Financial District Wine and Liquor, and Rosetta Wines

EVENTS:

Spring Thyme Spa
40 Exchange Place
www.springthymeny.com/specials | (212) 385-4937

Help mom get that much-needed relaxation she never finds time for at Spring Thyme Spa. Mother’s Day services include aromatherapy hot oil massage, aromatherapy hydrating facial, eye and lip moisture booster, hand and foot treatment – all for $170. Also choose from varying kinds of massages.

Bodies Exhibition Health Screenings
19 Fulton Street
(212) 732-8257

Show mom you care by making sure she’s healthier than ever! With overwhelming schedules and constant care of others, moms often forget to worry about their own health.  In honor of Mother’s Day and National Women’s Health Week (May 13th – May 19th), take mom to the BODIES exhibition on Saturday, May 12th. There you can  learn more about staying heart healthy. The event runs from 1:00 PM and 5:00 PM.

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in alien life forms (particularly since with a husband, comes a mother-in-law – concrete proof of alien life forms), I am not looking for an encounter of any kind. I am merely a tester of my own theories, one of which is that J&R has EVERYTHING.

I will skip the portion of “Stating the Obvious” during which I would discuss their extensive selection of both Music AND Computers. I’ve worked Downtown for 14 years now, and there hasn’t been a single electronic commodity that I’ve wanted to purchase that I haven’t been able to find there. When our air conditioner broke in the middle of a heat wave and the effect the heat had on us threatened our marriage, I knew where to get a new AC. Whenever the countless video game creators came out with a new console or joystick that my 10 year old had to have, I knew where to get it. When my gadget master had to have a DocuPen so he can scan paper on a whim with something that looked like a wand, I knew where to get it.

Last night I had a 6pm, nonrefundable (the most effective way to guarantee that I’ll actually go), exercise class in Soho. I left work at 5:30 and was trying to figure out if I had enough time to go pick up a 72-in One Memory Card Reader and Writer that my husband mentioned he wanted. Now, I’ve been burned before with respect to holiday shopping. Its almost as though the world is waiting to hear what my husband wants, and rushes to the store to buy out all of the inventory before I get a chance to make my purchase. Now when he mentions something that he’d like, I take off running.

J&R is 5 short blocks away from my job, so I decided to go for it. There’s nothing like speed walking and breaking into a sweat – before going to work out – to make you feel like going home and laying down. Yet another reason to go for it!

I walked into their store on the corner of Park Row and Ann Street, and approached a salesperson. I showed him my post-it note with my husbands latest order scribbled on it. He nodded approvingly as he said “a 72? Sure, we have it” and pointed to their Memory Section a few steps away. Apparently I should’ve been excited by the fact that it was a 72, but the reality is, I don’t have a clue what I’m buying or what it’s for. But as I suspected, J&R had it in stock. To make an already long-story short, I came, I saw, I shopped, and then I walked a block down to the E train and made it to Spring Street by 5:48pm.

Once again, I was able to find what I was looking for in one of Downtown’s longest standing retailers. When it comes to electronics and gadgets, what don’t they have? I’ll get back to you on that, but don’t hold your breath. They may even have a breathing apparatus section.

And if J&R DID have an Extraterrestrial Alien Detection Appliance department, and I WAS able to purchase whatever it is that I would need to find E.T. (to share M&Ms with), and E.T. asked if he COULD phone home – my response would be “Sure. J&R is within walking/bike-flying distance. They sell phones there.”

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Downtown by the Numbers

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Do you remember numerical series problems from elementary school? Things like: 2,4,8, __ What is the next number in the series? Why, its 16 of course (each number is twice as much as the prior one).

Well, here is another series that will really tease your brain: 280, 110, 100, 110, 17, 116, 2, 22, 120, __ What is the next number? And what is the series anyway?

I will answer the second question first. These are the building numbers of all the buildings I have worked in over the last 40 years. And they are all in Lower Manhattan. I never made it above Reade Street. Two of these buildings have undergone residential conversions; two were significantly upgraded by the City of New York and are occupied by city agencies. One is nearly entirely vacant and the building I am now in – 120 Broadway — is probably the finest of the bunch.

Over the last 40 years I have witnessed many comings and goings. Sloppy Louie’s and Sweets were the places to go for fish. They had very different personalities, but given their proximity to the Fish Market, they had the freshest food around. Alas, they are gone, as is, of course, the Fish Market itself. And while I am reminiscing about restaurants whose names start with S, the corner of Park Place and Church Street used to have two such restaurants, Schraft’s and Suerken’s. Schraft’s was a table clothed chain restaurant and Suerken’s was an old style- German bar and restaurant, opened in 1877 and closed 110 years later.

And I remember buying records out of wooden boxes on legs at the very first J&R store in the basement on Beekman Street. And then watching the empire grow all along the entire Park Row block, except of course for Weinstein and Holtzman’s Hardware store.

And one more establishment that I miss is the original Job Lot on Church Street; a destination for bargain hunters from all around. I am talking about a store, before it was ruined by expansion, that actually sold its merchandise from push carts and would have both a section of fairly stable merchandise as well as true odd lots that would come and go in an afternoon. I found that out the hard way when I bought mirrored switch plates for ten cents (yes, a long time ago). Unfortunately, I miscounted and needed two more, but when I went back the next day they were gone.

All by way of saying that this stroll down memory lane has been replaced by new destinations and adventures, many of which can be found by a walk down any of our historic streets or by using the retail directory on the Downtown Alliance’s Web site.

To return to the first question of the numerical series — what is the next number? — who knows? Will we move? Will I move? Maybe the answer is that this is the end of the series. Maybe not. We’ll see.

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