Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Related Downtown and Loft Living Article



Downtown comes of age as residential neighborhood



A new report recently released by the Downtown Alliance shows that in the past five years Downtown New York has achieved a balanced mix of commercial, retail and residential activity, emerging as a vibrant 24-hour, seven-day-a-week community.



The report, entitled "Downtown New York: A Community Comes of Age," describes a broad-based public/private initiative that is attracting residents and corporate tenants alike to Downtown New York by residential projects and services, proximity to work, unique architecture, parks, schools and abundant transit. The area employs no fewer than 400,000 workers on a daily basis and lures 7.2 million tourists annually.


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