Dreaming Of A Bold New Downtown

Urban planners and elected officials are thinking up grand visions for rebuilding the 16-acre area around the site of the World Trade Center.

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May 11, 2002, 1:00 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech


"For urban planners and elected officials, the destruction of the World Trade Center has provided an almost unfathomable opportunity to reconsider and reshape the future of one of the most distinctive neighborhoods in the world: 16 acres of land in the heart of downtown Manhattan.And with the site virtually cleared, some officials are speaking of bold strokes and grand opportunities in describing a vision for a new downtown"

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

Saturday, May 11, 2002 in The New York Times

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