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WIRED <3 Lower Manhattan

Lower Manhattan is the NYC 'hood you've heard of but haven't met. We're proud to be part of the Downtown Alliance.

Released on 10/28/2015

Transcript

Hi, I'm Questlove.

Welcome to Lower Manhattan.

(uplifting music)

New York's oldest neighborhood is new again.

It's 18th century cobblestones

and the vertigo One World Trade Center,

the western hemisphere's tallest skyscraper.

It's the capitol of finance

and home to a fast-growing community

of creative, cutting-edge companies.

It's a new and exciting shopping destination

and a place to dream, a place to begin.

(uplifting music)

It honors our origins, our tragedies and our triumphs.

It revels in the now.

It's sentiment.

It's epic.

(crowd cheers)

With amazing places to stay and eat.

It's a revolution, a revival.

It's a merry-go-round with fun for all ages,

a melting pot, a wonderland, all in one,

a symphony of steel and stone.

It's a New York you know of, but haven't met yet.

Come to where it all began and where it's all beginning.

It's the place where I live and I want you to see,

Lower Manhattan, down is what's up.