Four Zip codes in the southern tip of Manhattan—10007, 10005, 10038, and 10048—were among the Top 5 Zip codes in the city with the most jobs lost. Employment there dropped by nearly 78,000 jobs between 1997 and 2007.

Published by Crain's New York Business on September 3, 2008.

The outer boroughs and dynamic Manhattan neighborhoods such as Harlem generated most of the city’s job growth, while the typical business center of lower Manhattan experienced severe losses.

Published by Crain's New York Business on September 3, 2008.

Four Zip codes in the southern tip of Manhattan—10007, 10005, 10038, and 10048—were among the Top 5 Zip codes in the city with the most jobs lost. Employment there dropped by nearly 78,000 jobs between 1997 and 2007.

Published by Crain's New York Business on September 3, 2008.

Lastly, Africa Israel said that it will also sell all of 23 Wall St. for $150 million. The company took over sole ownership of that tower last year when the partnership between Lev Leviev, who controls Africa Israel, and Shaya Boymelgreen dissolved.

Published by Crain's New York Business on September 2, 2008.

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, www.mbfashionweek.com for schedule, invite only; “Notes of Hope” Dinner, 55 Wall Street, 6:30 p.m., 212-312-8823

Published by The New York Observer on September 2, 2008.

"Africa is selling 49.9 percent of its holding in the Clock Tower and 49 percent of the Times Building properties in midtown Manhattan, as well as its entire stake in the 23 Wall Street/15 Broad Street property downtown, the Yehud, Israel-based company said today in a statement.

Published by The New York Observer on September 1, 2008.

While riding on the No. 5 train, I noticed how short the distance is from the Bowling Green station to the Wall Street station. What is the shortest distance from one station to another? The longest?

Published by New York Times on August 30, 2008.

A group of Chinatown residents is suing the Police Department over plans to build a new command center in Lower Manhattan.

Published by New York Times on August 29, 2008.

...up trophy scrapers across the country, including its purchase of the Park Avenue Atrium and 100 Wall Street in May 2007, as part of another, in this case 24-building, portfolio purchase from...

Published by The New York Observer on August 29, 2008.

There's been much speculation about Broadway Partners, in the wake of its voracious buying spree right before the market turned sour. Betwen 2002 and 2007, Broadway Partners spent more than $13 billion buying up trophy scrapers across the country, including its purchase of the Park Avenue Atrium and 100 Wall Street in May 2007, as part of another, in this case 24-building, portfolio purchase from Beacon.

Published by The New York Observer on August 29, 2008.

A group of Chinatown residents is suing the police department over plans to build a new command center in Lower Manhattan.

Published by New York Sun on August 29, 2008.

City officials say five municipal buildings in lower Manhattan will get additional bike parking later this year.

Published by Crain's New York Business on August 28, 2008.

The Wall Street: 82 Wall St., north side, west of Water St.

Published by Derivative Works on August 27, 2008.

Police say a man arguing with another man while in a moving vehicle fired a shot, leaving the driver with a gunshot wound to the head late Saturday night. The car crashed in lower Manhattan, and the man fell as he tried to get away, fracturing his arm.

Published by New York Sun on August 25, 2008.

Randy Noval was reluctant to sign a lease at 14 Wall St. because he thought the rent was simply too high. After comparing the cost of the newly finished office suite there to cheaper options that would require construction, however, Mr. Noval changed his mind.

Published by Crain's New York Business on August 24, 2008.

James D. Merriman IV, the chief executive of the New York City Center for Charter School Excellence, answered City Room readers’ questions this week about charter schools in New York City. Below is his third and final set of answers. We are no longer accepting questions for this feature, but readers are invited to continue discussing the themes raised.

Published by New York Times on August 22, 2008.

Here is a slide show of photographs from the past week in New York City and the region. Subjects include New Yorkers who competed in Olympics past, a new roller rink in Coney Island and a rooftop dance performance in Lower Manhattan.

Published by New York Times on August 22, 2008.

One issue his administration did not directly address was the decision by the Department of Buildings not to require the building’s owner, the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, to obtain a demolition permit. The agency instead allowed the contractors to take out a series of alteration permits to disassemble the building one or two floors at a time.

Published by New York Times on August 21, 2008.

The Wall Street: North side of 82 Wall Street, west of Water Street

Published by New York Times on August 19, 2008.

LOCATION: 55 Exchange Place, 6th Floor

Published by NY1 on August 19, 2008.

The ambitious proposal, called Operation Sentinel, is being developed alongside a separate $90 million security initiative to tighten security at the World Trade Center site and throughout lower Manhattan in response to the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

Published by SI Live on August 18, 2008.

This week, James D. Merriman IV, the chief executive of the New York City Center for Charter School Excellence, will be answering City Room readers’ questions about charter schools in New York City. Readers are invited to post their questions in the comments box below.

Published by New York Times on August 18, 2008.

Since the fire, the Lower Manhattan Development Corp., the rebuilding agency that owns the tower, has switched subcontractors and resumed cleaning the building of toxic debris -- but is not simultaneously demolishing other floors at the same time, a practice the city opposes.

Published by amNY.com on August 17, 2008.

Aides to the Manhattan district attorney, Robert M. Morgenthau, have called the investigation of last summer’s deadly fire at the former Deutsche Bank building at ground zero one of the most complex their office has ever undertaken.

Published by New York Times on August 16, 2008.

Last week, Ganiyu and about 30 other children at the school graduated from a program offered by the READ Foundation, a Manhattan-based nonprofit. The organization conducts programs in nearly 300 schools across the city and is slowly expanding to Staten Island.

Published by SI Live on August 14, 2008.

Document: The New York Police Department wants to create a special security zone in Lower Manhattan, with checkpoints and traffic restrictions.

Published by New York Times on August 13, 2008.

When is a demolished apartment building not demolished? That question was the subject of hours of protest and oratory at a public hearing in Lower Manhattan about proposed changes to the rules on renovating rent-stabilized housing.

Published by New York Times on August 13, 2008.

At the same time, Mr. Bloomberg, a Republican-turned-independent, endorsed Daniel Squadron, who is running against State Senator Martin Connor, the onetime Democratic leader in the State Senate. Mr. Connor’s district includes parts of Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan.

Published by New York Times on August 12, 2008.

Ten high school students from Stuyvesant High School in lower Manhattan and five students from Grand Central High School in Philadelphia were called on this summer to work on InstantAction.com. They monitored the forums on the site, helped with programming code, analyzed usage of the site and worked on quality assurance by checking for bugs in the games and sites.

Published by Crain's New York Business on August 12, 2008.

The proposal is part of a multimillion dollar plan to secure lower Manhattan. It includes cameras, license plate readers and radiation detectors.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 12, 2008.

Skyline Developers also recently completed development of the Peter Marino designed residential condominium at 170 E. End Ave. and the conversion of 37 Wall St. into a luxury rental that houses Tiffany & Co. at its base.

Published by GlobeSt on August 11, 2008.

At a press conference in Lower Manhattan yesterday, the president of Manhattan, Scott Stringer, said such buildings should be brought under the city's code.

Published by New York Sun on August 11, 2008.

The La Guardia bombing reinforced the notion that the city was a stage for groups seeking attention for international causes. For instance, on Jan. 24, 1975, a bomb went off at Fraunces Tavern in Lower Manhattan, killing four people. It was one of 49 bombings attributed to the Armed Forces of National Liberation, a Puerto Rican nationalist group known as the F.A.L.N., between 1974 and 1977.

Published by New York Times on August 9, 2008.

But there was once a time — before Sept. 11, 2001 — when the federal court in Lower Manhattan was the center of the action.

Published by New York Times on August 9, 2008.

They reportedly plan to announce the new deadline during a noon rally in front of company headquarters in Lower Manhattan.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 8, 2008.

Workers will hold “Ready to Walk” rallies throughout the day at locations across the five boroughs, including Verizon’s Lower Manhattan headquarters. They last went on strike in 2000, staying out for 18 days. A bitter, four-month strike against NYNEX in 1989 caused serious service disruptions. In 2003, the union extended the deadline and reached an agreement, averting a work stoppage.

Published by Crain's New York Business on August 8, 2008.

Another popular building for young people is Rockrose Development Corp.'s 51-story tower at 2 Gold St., where more than half of the tenants are first-time renters in New York, the director of sales at Rockrose, Kathleen Scott, said.

Published by New York Sun on August 7, 2008.

With the city alone, Testwell holds roughly $12 million in contracts and has done millions of dollars in work for the government agencies that build schools, and has done work on bridges and subway tunnels. Among the projects where investigators have uncovered irregularities in the testing are the new Yankee Stadium and the Freedom Tower in Lower Manhattan.

Published by New York Times on August 7, 2008.

The median rent for an apartment on the Upper East Side is $3,600, compared to $3,495 in the financial district, according to the real estate Web site StreetEasy.com. Uptown also lacks many of the incentives renters can find downtown: Dwell at 95 Wall St., for example, will pay broker's fees and give tenants two free months' rent, while 20 Exchange Place pays broker's fees, offers one free month of rent, requires no security deposit, and provides a pet spa appointment on move-in day.

Published by New York Sun on August 7, 2008.

The median rent for an apartment on the Upper East Side is $3,600, compared to $3,495 in the financial district, according to the real estate Web site StreetEasy.com. Uptown also lacks many of the incentives renters can find downtown: Dwell at 95 Wall St., for example, will pay broker's fees and give tenants two free months' rent, while 20 Exchange Place pays broker's fees, offers one free month of rent, requires no security deposit, and provides a pet spa appointment on move-in day.

Published by New York Sun on August 7, 2008.

Late Wednesday, Manhattan-based AIG said it lost $5.4 billion, or $2.06 per share, in the second quarter, compared with earnings of $4.3 billion, or $1.64 per share, in the year-earlier period. This latest thrashing brings the company’s total losses to $18 billion over the last three quarters.

Published by Crain's New York Business on August 7, 2008.

Meanwhile, officials at the Department of Education are agreeing to build a "war room" to tackle the crowding issue in Manhattan's Community School District 2, a particularly coveted — and strained — school district that covers the Upper East Side and parts of Midtown and Lower Manhattan, including TriBeCa.

Published by New York Sun on August 6, 2008.

Looking to voice their opinions against a potential attack on Iran, about 50 anti-war activists simply froze in their tracks at 5:30 p.m. in the Whitehall Ferry Terminal and stood still for five minutes, hoping to leave an impression on bustling rush hour commuters.

Published by SI Live on August 6, 2008.

TRUFFLE RUFFLE La Maison du Chocolat plans to open a new boutique on Wall Street (63 Wall St., between Hanover and Pearl streets) this October, featuring chocolates, desserts, and a "chocolate salon" — a small café where coffee, tea, hot chocolate and ice cream will be served.

Published by New York Sun on August 6, 2008.

Miao Qu and Lisa Li huddled together on Saturday afternoon on the steps of the State Supreme Court building in Foley Square in Lower Manhattan as the rain poured.

Published by New York Times on August 3, 2008.

The transportation authority’s deepening financial troubles, combined with those of the city and the state, have set up a particularly difficult choice for the Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver, a Manhattan Democrat, whose constituents in Lower Manhattan would be hit by the fare increases.

Published by New York Times on August 2, 2008.

The first stop is the ferry terminal in lower Manhattan, where Pringle and his wife, Kathleen, will board the Staten Island Ferry to the island. Host Larry Ambrosino promises that it will be a "positive day."

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 1, 2008.

Rep. Peter King (R-L.I.) also bristled at Barton's foot-dragging. He said "the debate should almost be over" on whether the feds should help out, because lower Manhattan was a "prime target" of terrorists.

Published by New York Daily News on August 1, 2008.

The first stop is the ferry terminal in lower Manhattan, where Pringle and his wife, Kathleen, will board the Staten Island Ferry to the island.

Published by New York Daily News on August 1, 2008.

The Evacuation Day parade is on. The Sons of the Revolution, New York's group of descendants of Revolutionary War veterans, will be able to hold its historic parade this fall in Lower Manhattan celebrating the 225th anniversary of the last British forces to leave the city, a police spokesman said.

Published by New York Sun on July 31, 2008.