by Lucy Dondero | Aug 12, 2019 | Featured, News
CHRISTINA LONIGRO Press Secretary for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the global agency fighting extreme poverty in over 170 countries. 1. Name three women that inspire you, and tell us why. For a twelve-year-old girl in St. Louis,...
by Dan Metz | Aug 3, 2019 | Culture, Entertainment, Featured, News
Downtown chats with actress Li Jun Li of Wu Assassins about her career, her love of martial arts, and growing up as a Chinese American immigrant. Li Jun Li will be playing Jenny Wah on Netflix’s Wu Assassins. Photo credit: Storm Santos Li Jun Li’s voice is...
by Deb Martin | Jul 29, 2019 | Business, Featured, Health, News, Wellness
Celebrate National CBD Day today by learning how to incorporate this ubiquitous product into your wellness routine. Several national drug stores and supermarket chains stock it, and it’s in everything from hemp tea, lattes to lip balm. Lower Manhattan has over...
by Dan Metz | Jul 25, 2019 | Dining, Featured, News, Technology, Wellness
July 2019 marked the first arrests of ice cream lickers across the US. Charges can result in fines or even jail time. But this isn’t part of some anti-dairy government conspiracy. It’s a response to the #icecreamchallenge, where dozens of people have filmed themselves...
by Dan Metz | Jul 23, 2019 | Business, Featured, Finance, News
Of all the coins to find on the streets of New York City, few passersby expected to find a one-tonne gold coin on a New York sidewalk. The one-tonne Australian Kangaroo coin was on display Thursday, July 18th, outside of the New York Stock Exchange, marking the...
by Downtown Magazine | Jul 22, 2019 | News
Thousands were left without any power this weekend as one of the hottest days of the summer also struck New York City. Areas in Brooklyn including Canarsie, Flatlands, Mill Basin, and Bergen Beach were affected by the power outages and had many concerned for the...
