Business Improvement District

Rethinking Lower Manhattan: What If?

Wed, 09/30/2009 - 05:58

Since its founding in the mid 1990s, Alliance for Downtown New York has long been one of the world's leading business improvement districts. This non-profit organization has presided over the reinvention of New York's historic Financial District as a thriving 24-hour live/work district, while retaining a respectable share of the city's financial services sector. The Alliance built a network of Wi-Fi hotspots that lit up nearly every major public space in the district - not just outdoor locations like Bowling Green and City Hall Park, but also indoor atria like the Winter Garden and 60 Wall Street.

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BIDs Bring Down Crime

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23 February 2009 - 5:00am

Los Angeles Times

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20 September 2008 - 9:00am

The News Tribune