Lower Manhattan news

A 74,000sq ft Italian day spa is set to debut this September on New York’s picturesque Governors Island after a US$50m (€42.3m, £36.1m) investment and ... More

Pier 35 – an expansive recreation space taking shape in New York's Lower East Side – will soon be complete. Jointly designed by American architecture ... More

Funding for the planned World Trade Center performing arts complex in New York has taken another major step forward, with the award of a multi-million ... More

A host of luxury leisure amenities have been revealed for the latest high-profile tower designed by architect Rafael Viñoly for New York. Global real estate ... More

"Increasingly, we don't just want to make a good looking version of something that's already been done, we want to take the initiative in giving ... More

Citizens should be empowered to play a much more active role in the design of the built environment as part of democratic society, Daniel Libeskind ... More

The performing arts centre under construction at the heart of the World Trade Center campus in New York will be one of the most innovative ... More

1 Hotels, the eco-luxury brand and brainchild of Starwood Capital founder Barry Sternlicht, has opened its second hotel in New York: 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge. ... More

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has allocated US$170m (€149m, £118m) of the city’s budget for 2017 on climate resiliency projects, including construction of Bjarke ... More

British designer Thomas Heatherwick will be presented with a lifetime achievement prize at the 2016 Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards on 22 April. The founder and ... More

American celebrity chef and restaurateur Tom Colicchio is to launch a new restaurant in The Beekman – a luxury hotel set to open within an ... More

A David Rockwell-designed interactive light display in New York’s Winter Garden Atrium has opened, kickstarting a new seasonal tradition for Lower Manhattan based on the ... More

New York studio REX have been chosen as the lead designers for the forthcoming Performing Arts Center building at the World Trade Center (PACWTC). The ... More

New York City’s Dryline – a proposed flood barrier around Lower Manhatten by BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group), is to be the subject of a webinar ... More

New York's One World Trade Center has offered a sneak preview of the panoramic views of the city visitors will see when its observation deck ... More

The first phase of the 9/11 Memorial and Museum has opened to the public on the site of the 11 September 2001 terror attacks in ... More

The museum commemorating the victims of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York is set to open to the public ... More

The 391-bedroom Trump SoHo New York hotel will open in the city's Lower Manhattan district within the month. Designed by Handel Architects, the hotel will ... More

The 391-bedroom Trump SoHo New York hotel in the US will open in early 2010 in the city's Lower Manhattan district. Facilities at Trump SoHo ... More

The 391-bedroom Trump SoHo New York hotel will open its doors in the city’s Lower Manhattan district on 1 February 2010. Designed by Handel Architects, ... More

The Mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg, has revealed a new initiative to link the uninhabited Governors Island to lower Manhattan by aerial gondolas and ... More

The final design for the World Trade Center memorial has been chosen from 5,201 entries by a 13-strong jury in New York. Called Reflecting Absence, ... More