Do It Downtown! Discount Card Program Wall Street Rising continued the popular Do It Downtown! Discount Card Program in 2006. To view a  list of participating merchants and for information about the 2006 program, please click here. In February 2002, Governor Pataki and Mayor Bloomberg joined Wall Street Rising founder, Julie Menin, at a press conference to kick off Wall Street Rising's discount shopping program, Do It Downtown! Comprised of a discount card and brochure and distributed free to over 500,000 New Yorkers, visitors and tourists, the card entitles cardholders to discounts at over 250 Lower Manhattan restaurants, stores, hotels, professional service providers and cultural institutions. Wall Street Rising distributed the card through tourist booths and attractions, JFK and La Guardia Airports, many hotels throughout the city, Lower Manhattan residential buildings, major corporations, the Wall Street Rising website and many other venues.

Music Downtown This free seven-night concert series was hosted at the BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center from November 14-20. Produced by Michael Dorf, the program featured performances from Jeff Tweedy, Buddy Guy, Ryan Adams, Rickie Lee Jones, Cat Power, Aimee Mann and many others. For more information you can click here to visit the Music Downtown website, which offers photos of the performances as well as press clippings and information about the venue.

Art Downtown: Connecting Collections The exhibition featured selections from Deutsche Bank's world-renowned corporate collection, as interpreted by guest curators Mikhail Baryshnikov, Danny Simmons & Russell Simmons, Diane von Furstenberg, and Robert Wilson. These outstanding practitioners from various disciplines chose from works by artists in their own collections, and/or works by artists represented in the worldwide Deutsche Bank Art collection. Click here for more info

 

The New York Mercantile Exchange Charitable Foundation's Kids' Day

On Saturday, November 6, 2004, Wall Street Rising hosted a family art day that coincided with its exhibition, Art Downtown: Connecting Collections . With the help of the Church Street School and of the Children's Museum of the Arts in SoHo, children and their families were able to make watercolor postcards in addition to drawing still life pictures and self-portraits. Please click here to see pictures from this event

Living Downtown Program
Lower Manhattan is the heart and birthplace of New York and features many of our most treasured historical icons.  Wall Street Rising, in partnership with the Alliance for Downtown New York, created a booklet to attract residents to Lower Manhattan.  Living Downtown is a free booklet that summarizes Lower Manhattan's attributes such as its schools, community services, parks and recreation, cultural, theatre and arts offerings, shopping, retail and restaurants and modes of transportation in addition to listing all of the area's residential buildings and whom to contact for more information.  Download your copy of the booklet now or call us at 212-425-INFO if you have any questions about this program. 

Downtown Retail Attraction Program
From August 2002 to February 2004, Wall Street Rising Conducted the Downtown Retail Attraction Program to encourage new businesses to open in Lower Manhattan.  Wall Street Rising worked with over 1,000 clients through this program, including businesses and cultural organizations and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, made it possible for many much needed new businesses to open Downtown.

Art Downtown 2002 One of the largest public art displays in the history of Lower Manhattan, this unprecedented exhibition of over 110 contemporary paintings, sculptures, and photographs was valued at over $17 million. This free exhibit was presented in five buildings in New York City's historic Financial District and ran from June 14-September 15, 2002. Heralded by the Grace Glueck of the NY Times as an “ambitious roundup…there is something here for everybody,” this show was not to be missed.  The second incarnation of this tremendous program launched in the fall of 2004. Click here for more info.

 

Wall Street Wednesdays

An enormously successful dining program that ran in October and November 2001. Special $20.01 menus were offered by many of downtown's best restaurants. The program increased business by 400% to participating restaurants and introduced many new diners to downtown's eateries.

Adopt-A-Company

Wall Street Rising is proud to be a charter sponsor of Adopt-A-Company, which is a unique and effective way to give corporate and individual support to the many small businesses hurt by the September 11th attacks in New York City . In essence, companies are urged to "adopt" a small business hurt by the September 11 attacks and provide free business advice and other technical support. Please click on the logo below to learn more.

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