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February 01, 2012
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Looking forward to reading love letters to my favorite neighborhood in NYC! nycedc: For Writers and Lovers of Lower Manhattan Downtown Alliance asks you to submit your Lower Manhattan love story by February 8, 2012 for a chance to win a dinner for two at Wall & Water restaurant, a one-night weekend stay at the Andaz Wall Street hotel, and a $250 gift certificate to Greenwich Jewelers: The Downtown Alliance proudly announces the Lower Manhattan Love Story, a chance to tell us how you fell in love in – or with – Lower Manhattan. As Valentine’s Day approaches, we’d like to hear your story (in less than 500 words, please). We’ve assembled a prestigious panel of Lower Manhattan judges who will pore through all contest entries and determine the winner. What are we looking for? Personal accounts of how you met your life partner in Lower Manhattan, moved to the neighborhood because it was so special to you, feel head-over-heels in love with a park, view, or any other spot. Get details on the Downtown Alliance website.

Looking forward to reading love letters to my favorite neighborhood in NYC!

nycedc:

For Writers and Lovers of Lower Manhattan

Downtown Alliance asks you to submit your Lower Manhattan love story by February 8, 2012 for a chance to win a dinner for two at Wall & Water restaurant, a one-night weekend stay at the Andaz Wall Street hotel, and a $250 gift certificate to Greenwich Jewelers:

The Downtown Alliance proudly announces the Lower Manhattan Love Story, a chance to tell us how you fell in love in – or with – Lower Manhattan. As Valentine’s Day approaches, we’d like to hear your story (in less than 500 words, please). We’ve assembled a prestigious panel of Lower Manhattan judges who will pore through all contest entries and determine the winner. What are we looking for? Personal accounts of how you met your life partner in Lower Manhattan, moved to the neighborhood because it was so special to you, feel head-over-heels in love with a park, view, or any other spot.

Get details on the Downtown Alliance website.

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January 11, 2012

“Do not waste your money on lots of cheap items that are bad for the developer… This doesn’t mean you serve tofu and fruit, but that you actively consider making food and providing drinks that are in the benefit of making the best apps.”

- Rules for Hackathon Organizers, by Ravi Singh (@Code4Ever)

We recently served both fruit AND tofu at our NYC BigApps 3.0 Developer Day. How do you like them apples?

Pop over to Kin Lane for more tips from Ravi the hackathon veteran.

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December 14, 2011
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NYCEDC: NYC At-A-Glance 2011 Update

nycedc:

Take a look at the latest New York City population, employment, real estate insights and more, all in one place! Skim our factoids below and download the full NYC At-A-Glance 2011 Update report (PDF).

DID YOU KNOW…

  • New York City is the most populated city in the U.S. with well over…
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September 24, 2011

East-side foods + restos to try

Culled from Hester Street Fair co-founder Suchin Pak’s NY Diet:

  • bacon + cream cheese macarons from Macaron Parlour (Hester Street Fair, Saturdays 10am-6pm )
  • soba @ Cocoron (61 Delancey btw. Eldridge/Allen, Tue-Sun 12-3pm,Tue-Sat 6-11pm, Sun 6-9:30pm)
  • cute Vietnamese at An Choi (85 Orchard btw. Grand/Broome, Mon-Sat 12-10:30pm)
  • an eclectic menu at Cafe Petisco (189 E Broadway at Jefferson, Mon-Fri 8am-10:30pm, Sat-Sun 8:30am-10:30pm)
  • Lebanese at Balade (108 1st Ave. near 12th St., daily, 11:30am-11pm)
  • fried chicken biscuit sandwich at Cheeky Sandwiches (85 Orchard nr. Hester, irregular hours)
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September 20, 2011

Can La Marqueta be NYC’s Borough Market?

What’s the one thing that could drag my never-go-above-14th-street self to East Harlem? If La Marqueta were to one day become the Borough Market (London) or Mercat de La Boqueria (Barcelona) of New York City.

Food businesses, vendors, producers, restauranteurs, and entrepreneurs – check out NYCEDC’s La Marqueta Open House event. You have the chance to make it happen!

Do you own a food business and are looking for low-cost space? Are you interested in being part of one of the City’s neighborhood public marketrs? Then join us to learn how we can help you!

Food businesses, vendors, producers, restauranteurs, and entrepreneurs are invited to:

- View available leasing spaces for retail and food production
- Discuss leasing opportunities in the City’s public retail markets
- Learn about no-cost services for small businesses in NYC, including Financing, Recruitment, License and Permitting Assistance, Legal Consultations, and more!

RSVP to Jonathan Gagen at 212-312-3593 or at NYCmarkets@nycedc.com

For more information on public markets, please visit http://www.nycedc.com/markets.


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September 16, 2011

Laser-guided travel pods at LHR!

Image: Personal Rapid Transport

Love: London’s Heathrow Airport’s new Personal Rapid Transport system.

Development cost: £30 million ($47 million)

Transports: up to 500,000 passengers each year

Replaces: 50,000 shuttle bus journeys

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August 25, 2011
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August 19, 2011
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New York’s Chief Digital Officer Rachel Sterne Q&A

mashable:

Rachel Sterne is Chief Digital Officer for the City of New York, where she focuses on the City’s digital media strategy. She wrote a guest post for Mashable before the first city-sponsored hackathon to help redesign the nyc.gov web presence, and she agreed to follow up after with this Q&A. You can follow her on Twitter @RachelSterne or follow the City @nycgov.

How was the Hackathon? Were there any surprises? What was the greatest success?

The Reinvent NYC.GOV hackathon was a successful, inspiring event, thanks to the hard work of over 100 developers, designers, partners, and City employees.  Our goal was to further open New York City government to community input and innovation as we redesign our City’s main website, http://nyc.gov.  The results went above and beyond our expectations, and will shape the future direction of our digital engagement efforts.  The winning prototypes centered on dominant conventions in usability, such as search, social media and location-based customization.  A pleasant surprise was how many prototypes included gaming mechanics and Quora-style question and answer functionality; it shows the growing ubiquity of these features.

One great moment was that when the winners demonstrated their work to Mayor Bloomberg over breakfast, and he thanked them and casually mentioned that he would like to see a voice recognition search app for 311. And sure enough, within a couple hours, two teams had built audio search apps for 311.  It shows how passionate and resourceful the developer community is.

The event’s greatest achievement was showing clearly and visually where our website needs to go in the future: towards a cleaner, more search-driven interface.  But it was equally successful in forging stronger bonds between the technology and government communities, and encouraging more individuals to become more active in the public sphere.

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August 18, 2011
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leraffineur: More on Dwell

leraffineur:

More on Dwell

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August 18, 2011
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kateoplis:

Zaha Hadid‘s Aquatics Centre for the London 2012 Olympic Games

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August 18, 2011
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I love Lower Manhattan. nycedc: After a decade of progress, Lower Manhattan continues to thrive. Take a look at Downtown New York City by the numbers (via Downtown Alliance’s State of Lower Manhattan report): Residents: 56,000 Weekday workers: 309,500 Annual tourists: 9,000,000 People on Wall Street each day: 39,380 Residential buildings: 312 Companies: 8,428 Square feet of office space: 86,372,000 Subway lines: 12 Restaurants: 447 Places to shop: 626 Museums: 9

I love Lower Manhattan.

nycedc:

After a decade of progress, Lower Manhattan continues to thrive. Take a look at Downtown New York City by the numbers (via Downtown Alliance’s State of Lower Manhattan report):

  • Residents: 56,000
  • Weekday workers: 309,500
  • Annual tourists: 9,000,000
  • People on Wall Street each day: 39,380
  • Residential buildings: 312
  • Companies: 8,428
  • Square feet of office space: 86,372,000
  • Subway lines: 12
  • Restaurants: 447
  • Places to shop: 626
  • Museums: 9

Tags: manhattan nyc financial district lower manhattan downtown alliance statistics numbers census data

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July 20, 2011
Yay – the ChallengePost Blog is featured under the Tumblr Spotlight!

Yay – the ChallengePost Blog is featured under the Tumblr Spotlight!

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July 20, 2011
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The ChallengePost Blog: Stepping into the Tumblr Spotlight

newcpblog:

We’re thrilled to be included in the Developers category of the Tumblr Spotlight. A big welcome to all our new followers!

To learn more about us, browse our current challenges. Here are a few that should be especially interesting to developers:

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July 20, 2011
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nycedc:

July 2011 Economic Snapshot: Marriage Equality and the Wedding Industry in NYC

Last month, New York passed historic legislation allowing same-sex couples to marry in the state. This legislation could impact a significant number of City residents: NYC has the largest number of same-sex unmarried partnership households of any U.S. city (about 22,000), and more than twice as many as in Los Angeles, the second largest city (about 9,400).

In this month’s Economic Snapshot, we examined the impact of marriage equality on the NYC wedding industry.  Based on data from other states, we estimated that about half of same-sex couples living together in NYC would marry in the next three years—about 11,000 couples. As one of the top tourist destinations in the country, New York City is also expected to attract an additional 30,000 couples from other states during the same time period.

From these figures, we estimated that between July 2011 and July 2014, there will be an additional $423 million in direct spending and a total economic impact of nearly $700 million in the City as a result of the legislation.

Other interesting wedding finds in the Snapshot:

  • In 2010, there were about 61,000 weddings in NYC.
  • About 70,000 marriage licenses are issued per year by the City Clerk’s office.
  • The average NYC wedding costs $29,000, which is more than 20% higher the national average of $24,000.

Download the full Economic Snapshot (PDF) to read more fascinating details about the wedding industry in New York City. And listen to the podcast above as NYCEDC Chief Economist Francesco Brindisi and Senior Project Manager Eileen Tumalad discuss additional insights on the economic impact of marriage equality.

Listen to previous podcasts. Explore our Economic Snapshot Archive.

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July 19, 2011
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marci w: a / an

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Grammar tip of the day:

The choice between “a” and “an” is determined by the pronunciation of the following word (not by its spelling). This is especially important when you’re dealing with acronyms and abbreviations. So, for example, because NYC starts with a vowel sound (“en”), the correct…