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Until September 11, Battery Park City had been a secluded, wealthy enclave just west of Wall Street in downtown Manhattan, one with all the opulence of the surrounding corporate headquarters yet with a gated, suburban feel. After the towers fell it became the most visible neighbourhood in New York. Suddenly everyone had an opinion about what should be rebuilt there. The dramatic changes in their surroundings forced Battery Park City residents to step into the spotlight and fight to control their exclusive enclave. Smithsimon's look at an elite planned community near the heart of New York…
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3 editions- Other · English · 2011New York University Press · 445 pages · 9780814771129
- Other · English · 2011September 12: Community and Neighborhood Recovery at Ground ZeroNYU · 9780814740859
- Other · English · 2011NYU Press · 285 pages · 9780814740842
BuildingsSeptember 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001SOCIAL SCIENCE / GeneralRepair and reconstructionEconomic conditionsSOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / CulturalNew England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)State & Local