by Downtown Magazine | Jun 26, 2018 | Living
New York is an amazing place, but with more than 8.5 million people living in it, it’s also incredibly expensive. The high cost of living is due to several factors, and one of those is auto insurance. New York City has some of the most expensive auto insurance...
by Downtown Magazine | Mar 30, 2017 | Culture, Entertainment, Music
If you are a fan of rock & roll, you have heard Bobby Whitlock play music. Beyond his long-standing solo career alongside wife CoCo Carmel — who herself has performed with Jon Bon Jovi, Dr. John and Phoebe Snow — Bobby also played and wrote on three...
by Downtown Magazine | Feb 9, 2017 | Business, Culture, Entertainment, NYC
A lifelong New Yorker, Cristina Alesci is an award-winning television and digital correspondent. Even before joining the CNN team in 2014, she had interviewed countless business leaders and tastemakers as a correspondent for Bloomberg. Facebook’s IPO,...
by Downtown Magazine | Dec 12, 2016 | Culture, Entertainment, Music
As a successful musician for decades, Steve Stevens has a lot of claims to fame. As Billy Idol’s long-time guitarist, he co-wrote most of the Idol anthems still regularly heard around the world. He won a Grammy for his work on the “Top Gun Anthem”...
by Downtown Magazine | Jul 22, 2016 | Dining, Fashion
A veteran of Barneys New York for two decades, Chef Mark Strausman has overseen the openings of Freds Madison Avenue, Chicago, Beverly Hills, and most recently, Chelsea. He is a native New Yorker — he grew up in Queens — and his Barneys roots predate his...