by Grace Capobianco | Apr 5, 2019 | Art, Culture, Events, Music
On April 3, Downtown Magazine attended a live art performance by Nikolai Fraiture of The Strokes, and his brother Pierre, a New York City artist. It was a captivating evening. Jimmy Webb, Dara McQuillen, and David Godlis. The cool downtown crowd included leather...
by Downtown Magazine | Apr 5, 2019 | Culture, Entertainment, Featured, Travel
Short, dark days are growing longer and brighter, and it’s time to emerge from winter’s cocoon. Flanked by the Hudson River and Long Island Sound, New York’s Westchester County is a welcoming oasis for a spring retreat. Located just 30 minutes from Manhattan by car...
by Deb Martin | Apr 2, 2019 | Architecture, Culture, Design, Music
New York has more than its share of historic music spaces, from Carnegie Hall to The Village Vanguard. But the most mythical of these spaces sits in an unassuming little building on West 8th Street in the West Village-Electric Lady Studios. “My tee shirt should read,...
by Deb Martin | Mar 30, 2019 | Culture, Fashion, Featured, Living
It’s a couple of weeks before Christmas, and I’m sitting on a tiger-striped trunk with downtown fashion icon and owner of I Need More, Jimmy Webb, talking about Jackie Kennedy, Slash, and Lou Reed’s transvestite girlfriend Rachel, among other things. A...
by Downtown Magazine | Mar 22, 2019 | Culture, Featured
After 9/11, there was a great debate over what should be built at the World Trade Center. It was quintessential New York: passionate, loud, and fractious; but one thing was clear —the new World Trade Center needed to be much more than what it had been before. Of...
by Downtown Magazine | Mar 21, 2019 | Culture, Entertainment, Featured
Finding things to do and staying entertained is something no visitor to New York City will ever complain about, although for those who find pleasure in wagering, the options can sometimes seem a little limited. Nevertheless, nestled amidst the Queens neighborhoods of...
