Big changes coming to Downtown NY

Our office has been located in Downtown location (Financial District, or FiDi) for the past 4 years now, and we've seen a lot of changes. Now the neighborhood is about to change more dramatically, with the proposed plan to revitalize the area. Take a look at the entire plan at DowntownNY.com: http://bit.ly/9m2A8t.

Of course there was the boom in the financial sector (we’re smack between the former AIG building and Wall St.), but the real changes can be seen during the evening, when there are more people and activities than I’ve ever seen. Restaurants and shops are opening (and closing), there are actually people working around past 7pm, and a sure sign of a growing area (at least in NY standards), a 500% increase in street food carts just around our building.

NY Magazine also called FiDi (as the Financial District is sometimes known as) hottest place to work and live in the next few years, and I do see a lot of potential in the area still. Now it can’t compete with Chelsea, Villages, and some other areas in terms of choice in food, shops, and event venues, but remembering what it was like even before 9/11 (a virtual ghost town after the Wall St. guys are whisked away in their Lincoln town cars), this is quite a change.