by Mike Hammer | May 6, 2018 | Entertainment, Featured, Movies
Julio Vincent Gambuto is so glad to be home. Even more precisely, the film writer and director is not only happy to be back in New York, but back making films – or ‘Valentines’ as he delightfully refers to them – that are centered around his home borough of Staten...
by Eva Troester | May 31, 2017 | Fitness, Health, Sports
While tennis is almost impossible to enjoy outdoors during the cold winter months in New York, it’s a completely different proposition in the summer. The tennis scene in the City That Never Sleeps features a plethora of viable venues, some of which have been listed in...
by Downtown Magazine | Apr 7, 2017 | Culture, Entertainment, Events, Music
The Meadows is not the only big multi-day festival coming to Citi Field this summer. Taking place over the course of two days, The Classic East comes to Citi Field on Jul. 29 and 30 with the same lineup as its Jul. 15 and 16 shows at Dodger Stadium: Fleetwood Mac, The...
by Downtown Magazine | Mar 31, 2017 | Business, Fashion, NYC
An excellent piece from Alex Williams of the New York Times looks at this year’s Baselworld. In the words of Williams: “Since the 2008-9 economic meltdown, the watch industry has soared to heady highs (thanks, China) and hit pockets of turbulence (thanks,...
by Downtown Magazine | Feb 17, 2017 | Business, Real Estate
Spotify — the world’s leading music streaming service — launched in Stockholm, Sweden in 2008. Founders Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon brought it to the United States in July 2011, and about a year there, Spotify had one million paying...
