Downtown Rebounds With New Life
Eight years in the making, Lower Manhattan's commercial canyon has transformed into something better than planners had envisioned.
"This overnight transformation was eight years in the making.What made it possible were coordinated public and private measures, including a $2.3 million investment in the physical environment and a landmark designation that some property owners resisted. The result is different than its planners envisioned. So far, it is even better...What is emerging is a classic village marketplace, where nominally competitive businesses profit from operating cheek by jowl, attracting outsiders to an insular quarter with the promise of variety."
Thanks to Stu Baker
Published on Thursday, September 4, 2003 in
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